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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 33, Issue -, Pages 120-122Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.12.047
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Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; nosocomial cluster; airborne transmission
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We report here a fatal case of laboratory confirmed Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), which caused nosocomial infection in eight health care workers (HCWs), who had provided medical care for the patient. All the HCWs survived. The report demonstrates that airborne transmission of CCHF is a real risk, at least when the CCHF patient is in a ventilator. During performance of any aerosol-generating medical procedures for any CCHF patient airborne precautions should always be added to standard precautions, in particular, airway protective N95 mask or equivalent standard, eye protection, single airborne precaution room, or a wellventilated setting. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases.
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