Nosocomial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant among vaccinated healthcare workers and immunocompromised patients on a solid-organ transplant unit: Complexities of an epidemiologic and genomic investigation.
Jonathan H RyderTrevor C Van SchooneveldBaha AbdalhamidMacy G WoodTaylor A WahligRichard StarlinGayle GillettTeresa BalfourLibby PfluegerMark E RuppPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
In September 2021, a cluster of 6 patients with nosocomial coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were identified in a transplant unit. A visitor and 11 healthcare workers also tested positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Genomic sequencing identified 3 separate introductions of SARS-CoV-2 with related transmission among the identified patients and healthcare workers.