Source Analysis and Effective Control of a COVID-19 Outbreak in a University Teaching Hospital during a Period of Increasing Community Prevalence of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

South Korea has been experiencing a third wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since mid-November 2020. Our hospital in Gwangju metropolitan city experienced a healthcare-associated COVID-19 outbreak early in the third wave. The first confirmed COVID-19 patient was a symptomatic neurosurgery resident with high mobility throughout the hospital. We analyzed the transmission routes of nosocomial COVID-19 and discussed infection control strategies.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing results according to time point and evaluated transmission routes.

Results

Since COVID-19 was first confirmed in a healthcare worker (HCW) on 11/13/2020, we p

SUBMITTER: Lee U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature