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- Title
Risk for Acquiring Coronavirus Disease Illness among Emergency Medical Service Personnel Exposed to Aerosol-Generating Procedures.
- Authors
Brown, Aubrey; Schwarcz, Leilani; Counts, Catherine R.; Barnard, Leslie M.; Yang, Betty Y.; Emert, Jamie M.; Latimer, Andrew; Drucker, Christopher; Lynch, John; Kudenchuk, Peter J.; Sayre, Michael R.; Rea, Thomas
- Abstract
We investigated the risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)- patients transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to emergency medical service (EMS) providers, stratified by aerosol-generating procedures (AGP), in King County, Washington, USA, during February 16-July 31, 2020. We conducted a retrospective cohort investigation using a statewide COVID-19 registry and identified 1,115 encounters, 182 with ≥1 AGP. Overall, COVID-19 incidence among EMS personnel was 0.57 infections/10,000 person-days. Incidence per 10,000 person-days did not differ whether or not infection was attributed to a COVID-19 patient encounter (0.28 vs. 0.59; p>0.05). The 1 case attributed to a COVID-19 patient encounter occurred within an at-risk period and involved an AGP. We observed a very low risk for COVID-19 infection attributable to patient encounters among EMS first responders, supporting clinical strategies that maintain established practices for treating patients in emergency conditions.
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 9, p2340
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2709.210363