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Volume 28, Number 10—October 2022
Research Letter

Identifying Contact Risks for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission to Healthcare Workers during Outbreak on COVID-19 Ward

Marius Zeeb1Comments to Author , Dana Weissberg1, Silvana K. Rampini, Rouven Müller, Thomas Scheier, Walter Zingg, Roger D. Kouyos2, and Aline Wolfensberger2
Author affiliations: University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (M. Zeeb, D. Weissberg, S.K. Rampini, R. Müller, T. Scheier, W. Zingg, R.D. Kouyos, A. Wolfensberger); Institute of Medical Virology, Zurich, Switzerland (M. Zeeb, R.D. Kouyos)

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Hazard ratios and the 95% CIs for HCWs to acquire SARS-CoV-2 after using SPM and IPM for patient contact and HCW contact (i.e., contact with positive HCWs) during COVID-19 outbreak in hospital ward, Switzerland, October–November 2020. The multivariable model combined patient contact using SPM and IPM and HCW contact. HCW, healthcare worker; HR, hazard ratio; IPM, isolation precaution measures; SPM, standard precaution measures.

Figure. Hazard ratios and the 95% CIs for HCWs to acquire SARS-CoV-2 after using SPM and IPM for patient contact and HCW contact (i.e., contact with positive HCWs) during COVID-19 outbreak in hospital ward, Switzerland, October–November 2020. The multivariable model combined patient contact using SPM and IPM and HCW contact. HCW, healthcare worker; HR, hazard ratio; IPM, isolation precaution measures; SPM, standard precaution measures.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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