key: cord-1000526-wzd78yec
authors: Hibino, Makoto; Iwabuchi, Shogo; Munakata, Hiromi
title: SARS-CoV-2 IgG Seroprevalence among Medical Staff in a General Hospital that Treated COVID-19 Patients in Japan: Retrospective Evaluation of Nosocomial Infection Control()
date: 2020-10-09
journal: J Hosp Infect
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.10.001
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doc_id: 1000526
cord_uid: wzd78yec

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accepting COVID-19 patients, implemented standard preventive infection-control measures 22 according to the World Health Organization guidelines [1] . We accepted the first COVID-19 23 patient from the Diamond Princess cruise ship on 18 February 2020, and 52 COVID-19 24 inpatients were treated in the hospital until 31 July 2020. In the fever clinic for all febrile Among them, 59 members worked in the ward for COVID-19 patients, 19 in the fever clinic, 41 two in the clinic for returning patients, recent arrivals, or people with exposure to a Table 1 . Five of these cases were unexpected as they had not been diagnosed previously.

Four cases had been asymptomatic in the months preceding the test and one (case 2) visited 48 our fever clinic two times in April with typical COVID-19 symptoms as fever and gustatory 49 and olfactory disorders; however, she could not be tested for COVID-19 by PCR since the 

World Health Organization. Rational use of personal protective equipment for 109 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and considerations during severe shortages: Interim