Healthcare personnel with laboratory-confirmed mpox in California during the 2022 outbreak

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Mar 27:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.12. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reviewed 109 cases of healthcare personnel (HCP) with laboratory-confirmed mpox to understand transmission risk in healthcare settings. Overall, 90% of HCP with mpox had nonoccupational exposure risk factors. One occupationally acquired case was associated with sharps injury while unroofing a patient's lesion for diagnostic testing.