Healthcare personnel with laboratory-confirmed mpox in California during the 2022 outbreak.
Allison E BaileyShua J ChaiRobert E SnyderDavid P BuiLinda S LewisKayla SaadehJ Bradford BertumenErin EpsonJane D SiegelPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2024)
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reviewed 109 cases of healthcare personnel (HCP) with laboratory-confirmed mpox to understand transmission risk in healthcare settings. Overall, 90% of HCP with mpox had nonoccupational exposure risk factors. One occupationally acquired case was associated with sharps injury while unroofing a patient's lesion for diagnostic testing.