Healthcare associated coronavirus disease 2019 among health care workers in Normandy, France: a multi-center study

• Published in: Infection prevention in practice Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 100109
• Main Authors: Thibon, Pascal, Breton, Pierre, Mouet, Audrey, Bidon, Antoine, Haupais, François, Darrigan, Caroline, Gautier, Pauline, Letourneur, Thomas, Perillieux, Emeline, Seguineau, Charles, Thibon, Paul, Henry, Liliane, Ar Gouilh, Meriadeg, Borgey, France, Le Hello, Simon, Allaire, Alexandra, Auclair, Valérie, Krug, Sophie Beuve, Borderan, Guy-Claude, Chauvin, Corine, Dargere, Sylvie, Degallaix, Dominique, Delhomme, Joël, Erouart, Stéphane, Hautemaniere, Alexis, Ionescu, Paul, Le Foulon, François-Xavier, Lefflot, Stéphanie, Lefol-Seillier, Elisabeth, Levallois, Marie-Line, Martel, Mélanie, Michon, Jocelyn, Olliver, Dominique, Thomas-hervieu, Aurélie, Vabret, Astrid, Vaucelle, Carole, Verdon, Renaud
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Coronavirus disease 2019; France; Health care workers; Healthcare associated infections; Original; Health care workers; Coronavirus disease 2019; France; Healthcare associated infections

In the early phase of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic in France, knowledge of SARS-COV-2 characteristics was limited, and personal protective equipment (PPE) was lacking. Thus, health care workers (HCWs) were exposed to nosocomial transmission. A multicenter regional descriptive study of...