Health Care Personnel Exposures to Subsequently Laboratory-Confirmed Monkeypox Patients — Colorado, 2022
Kristen E. Marshall, Marlee Barton, Janell Nichols, Marie A. de Perio, David T. Kuhar, Emily Spence-Davizon, Meghan Barnes, Rachel Herlihy, Christopher A. Czaja, Colorado Healthcare Personnel Monitoring Team, Colorado Healthcare Personnel Monitoring Team, Theo Abbey, Alyssa Beck, Jennifer Bernal, Tori L. Burket, Connor Carrillo, Mary Casey, Karen Daily, Catherine Emanuel, Sonakshee Havis, Jillian Jaskunas, Mike Kacka, Ella Keenan, Grace Nelson, Eileen Tran, Leslee Warren, Saher Yunus
Abstract
; among those, 48% (12% of all exposed HCP) received the vaccine. PPE use varied by facility type: HCP in sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics and community health centers reported the highest adherence to recommended PPE use, and primary and urgent care settings reported the lowest adherence. No HCP developed a monkeypox infection during the 21 days after exposure. These results suggest that the risk for transmission of monkeypox in health care settings is low. Infection prevention training is important in all health care settings, and these findings can guide future updates to PPE recommendations and risk classification in health care settings.