AUTHOR=de la Rosa-Zamboni Daniela , Ortega-Riosvelasco Fernando , González-García Nadia , Gamiño-Arroyo Ana Estela , Espinosa-González Guillermo Alejandro , Valladares-Wagner Juan Manuel , Saldívar-Flores Araceli , Aguilar-Guzmán Olivia , Sanchez-Pujol Juan Carlos , López-Martínez Briseida , Villa-Guillén Mónica , Parra-Ortega Israel , Jamaica-Balderas Lourdes María del Carmen , Sienra-Monge Juan José Luis , Guerrero-Díaz Ana Carmen 

TITLE=Tracing COVID-19 Source of Infection Among Health Personnel in a Pediatric Hospital

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.897113

DOI=10.3389/fped.2022.897113

ISSN=2296-2360

ABSTRACT=Health Personnel (HP) have been universally recognized as especially susceptible to COVID-19. In Mexico, our home country, HP have one of the highest death rates from the disease. From the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic an office for initial attention for HP and a call center were established at a COVID-19 national reference pediatric hospital, aimed to early detection of COVID-19 cases and to stop local transmission. The detection and call center implementation and operation, and tracing methodology are described here. One thousand and forty two HP were evaluated, with 221 positive cases identified (7.7% of all HP currently working and 26% of the HP tested). Community contagion was most prevalent (46%), followed by other HP (27%), household (14%) and hospitalized patients (13%). Clusters and contact network analysis are discussed. This is one of the first reports that address the details of the implementation process of contact tracing in a pediatric hospital with the perspective of a hybrid hospital with COVID-19 and Non COVID-19 areas.