Use of standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection for the prevention of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among home healthcare personnel in hospice and home healthcare settings-King and Snohomish counties, Washington, February-October 2020

Temet M McMichael; Lindsey M Duca; James Lewis; Francis X Riedo; Nancy Wilde; Molly McDonald; Christopher Spitters; Hope A Wechkin

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.499

Use of standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection for the prevention of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among home healthcare personnel in hospice and home healthcare settings-King and Snohomish counties, Washington, February-October 2020

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Mar;44(3):510-513. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.499. Epub 2022 Mar 10.

Authors

Temet M McMichael^#^{1

2}, Lindsey M Duca^#², James Lewis¹, Francis X Riedo³, Nancy Wilde³, Molly McDonald³, Christopher Spitters⁴, Hope A Wechkin³

Affiliations

¹ Public Health-Seattle and King County, Seattle, Washington.
² Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ EvergreenHealth, Kirkland, Washington.
⁴ Snohomish Health District, Snohomish, Washington.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Among EvergreenHealth Home Care Service professionals, no coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were reported when they were instructed to use standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection while providing home health care to patients diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). These precautions might provide some level of protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among home healthcare personnel.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / prevention & control
Delivery of Health Care
Health Personnel
Home Care Services*
Hospices*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Virus Diseases*
Washington

Grants and funding

CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHS/United States