Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
October 22, 2020
COVID-19 in a Correctional Facility Employee Following Multiple Brief Exposures to Persons with COVID-19 — Vermont, July–August 2020
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Transmission
Keywords (Tags): jail, prisons, transmission
- A correctional facility officer in Vermont contracted SARS-CoV-2 after multiple brief encounters with 6 SARS-CoV-2 positive incarcerated or detained persons (IDPs) for a cumulative duration of 17 minutes. However, he did not meet the operational definition of a “close contact” in contact tracing investigations, which is being within 6 feet of infectious persons for 15 minutes or more. The officer wore a microfiber cloth mask, gown, and eye protection during all interactions with IDPs, while the IDPs only wore PPE during some interactions.
Pringle et al. (Oct 21, 2020). COVID-19 in a Correctional Facility Employee Following Multiple Brief Exposures to Persons with COVID-19 — Vermont, July–August 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6943e1