An event of COVID-19 in hospital colleagues and family members
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    Objective To analyze the epidemiological characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) cases of health care workers(HCWs) and family-related cases in a hospital, and provide reference for formulating prevention and control strategies. Methods The three-dimensional distribution, clinical characteristics and contact history of 4 clustered epidemics in a hospital were analyzed by descriptive epidemiological method. Results There were 14 COVID-19 cases of HCWs in the hospital, and 11 cases of family members were involved, the median age of all cases was 38 (23-76) years old, ratio of male to female was 0.79:1. The median of shortest and longest incubation period of all cases was 4 (0-9) and 7 (3-14) days respectively. Interval from the disease onset to medical consultation of all cases was 2 (0-9) days, among which HCWs cases was 1.5 (0-8) days, family member cases was 3 (1-9) days. The first cases of 4 COVID-19 clustering epidemics were all related to Wuhan. Conclusion This event was composed of 4 COVID-19 clustering epidemics, 3 of which were spread by family members, 1 was spread by colleagues in hospital mixed with family members.

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田克卿, 刘天, 姚梦雷,等.一起医院同事混合家庭成员感染新冠肺炎事件的调查[J].中国感染控制杂志英文版,2020,19(8):696-700. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20206869.
TIAN Ke-qing, LIU Tian, YAO Meng-lei, et al. An event of COVID-19 in hospital colleagues and family members[J]. Chin J Infect Control, 2020,19(8):696-700. DOI:10.12138/j. issn.1671-9638.20206869.

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  • Received:March 25,2020
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