Department of Infectious Diseases, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jun;44(6):1014-1018. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.106. Epub 2022 Apr 27.
Sporadic clusters of healthcare-associated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred despite intense rostered routine surveillance and a highly vaccinated healthcare worker (HCW) population, during a community surge of the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B.1.617.2 δ (delta) variant. Genomic analysis facilitated timely cluster detection and uncovered additional linkages via HCWs moving between clinical areas and among HCWs sharing a common lunch area, enabling early intervention.
尽管进行了密集的常规排班监测,且医护人员(HCW)群体的疫苗接种率很高,但在严重急性呼吸冠状病毒 2 型(SARS-CoV-2)B.1.617.2 δ(德尔塔)变异株引发的社区疫情中,仍出现了零星聚集性的与医疗保健相关的 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)。基因组分析有助于及时发现聚集性病例,并通过在临床区域之间以及在共用午餐区的 HCW 之间移动的 HCW 发现其他关联,从而实现早期干预。