Serologic Evaluation of MERS Screening Strategy for Healthcare Personnel During a Hospital-Associated Outbreak. (14th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ko, Jae-Hoon; Lee, Ji Yeon; Baek, Jin Yang; Seok, Hyeri; Park, Ga Eun; Lee, Ji Yong; Cho, Sun Young; Ha, Young Eun; Kang, Cheol-In; Kang, Ji-Man; Kim, Yae-Jean; Kang, Eun-Suk; Kim, So Hyun; Jo, Ik Joon; Chung, Chi Ryang; Hahn, Myong-Joon; Müller, Marcel A.; Drosten, Christian; Chung, Doo Ryeon; Song, Jae-Hoon; Peck, Kyong Ran
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 38:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 234
• Page End: 238
• Publication Date: 2016-11-14
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.251
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : To evaluate the appropriateness of the screening strategy for healthcare personnel (HCP) during a hospital-associated Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, we performed a serologic investigation in 189 rRT-PCR–negative HCP exposed and assigned to MERS patients. Although 20%–25% of HCP experienced MERS-like symptoms, none of them showed seroconversion by plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:234–238