A Middle East respiratory syndrome screening clinic for health care personnel during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea: A single-center experience

Lee, Ji Yeon; Kim, Gayeon; Lim, Dhongil; Jee, Hyeon Gun; Jang, Yunyoung; Joh, Joon Sung; Jeong, Ina; Kim, Yeonjae; Kim, Eun‐Hee; Chin, Bum Sik

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2017.09.017

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“…Some listed items are, by nature, parochial, including facility structure, knowledge and skills of HCWs, and patient-related issues. These can be individualized incorporating strategies that include education, feedback and tackling facility-related issues [70]. In a survey of 607 HCWs, hospital infrastructure and design, staffing shortfalls, and absence of infection control training were cited as the primary contributing factors for the spread of MERS-CoV infection in healthcare facilities [71].…”

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Healthcare-associated infections: the hallmark of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus with review of the literature

Al‐Tawfiq

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2019

Journal of Hospital Infection

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is capable of causing acute respiratory illness. Laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases may be asymptomatic, have mild disease, or have a life-threatening infection with a high case fatality rate. There are three patterns of transmission: sporadic community cases from presumed non-human exposure, family clusters arising from contact with an infected family index case, and healthcare-acquired infections among patients and from patients to healthcare workers. Healthcare-acquired MERS infection has become a well-known characteristic of the disease and a leading means of spread. The main factors contributing to healthcare-associated outbreaks include delayed recognition, inadequate infection control measures, inadequate triaging and isolation of suspected MERS or other respiratory illness patients, crowding, and patients remaining in the emergency department for many days. A review of the literature suggests that effective control of hospital outbreaks was accomplished in most instances by the application of proper infection control procedures. Prompt recognition, isolation and management of suspected cases are key factors for prevention of the spread of MERS. Repeated assessments of infection control and monitoring of corrective measures contribute to changing the course of an outbreak. Limiting the number of contacts and hospital visits are also important factors to decrease the spread of infection.

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Healthcare-associated infections: the hallmark of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus with review of the literature

Al‐Tawfiq

Auwaerter

2019

Journal of Hospital Infection

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“…During the MERS outbreak in 2015, hospitals learned that insufficient IPC could significantly impact hospital management and finance. They gained institutional knowledge about how to set up MERS-CoV screening stations [ 47 ], the importance of proper training for putting on and taking off personal protective equipment, the need for an increasing number of AIIRs, improved room layouts to separate infectious disease patients from non-infectious disease patients, and well-trained healthcare personnel to care for patients with EIDs [ 48 ]. Some hospital IPC activities became eligible for financial support from National Health Insurance in July 2016.…”

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How lessons learned from the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak affected the response to coronavirus disease 2019 in the Republic of Korea

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Korean J Intern Med

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The Republic of Korea (ROK) experienced a public health crisis due to Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2015 and is currently going through the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Lessons learned from the disastrous MERS outbreak were reflected in the preparedness system, and the readiness capabilities that were subsequently developed enabled the country to successfully flatten the epidemic curve of COVID-19 in late February and March 2020. In this review, we summarize and compare the epidemiology and response of the ROK to the 2015 MERS outbreak and the COVID-19 epidemic in early 2020. We emphasize that, because further COVID-19 waves seem inevitable, it is urgent to develop comprehensive preparedness and response plans for the worst-case scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simultaneously strengthening healthcare capacity to endure the peak demand and implementing smart strategies to sustain social distancing and public hygiene are necessary until safe and effective therapeutics and vaccines against COVID-19 are available.

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“…Am J Infect Control. 2018; 46(4): 436–440. 207 365109South KoreaLee JY, Kim YJ, Chung EH, Kim DW, Jeong I, Kim Y, Yun MR, Kim SS, Kim G, Joh JS. The clinical and virological features of the first imported case causing MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, 2015.…”

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A database of geopositioned Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus occurrences

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As a World Health Organization Research and Development Blueprint priority pathogen, there is a need to better understand the geographic distribution of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and its potential to infect mammals and humans. This database documents cases of MERS-CoV globally, with specific attention paid to zoonotic transmission. An initial literature search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus; after screening articles according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria, a total of 208 sources were selected for extraction and geo-positioning. Each MERS-CoV occurrence was assigned one of the following classifications based upon published contextual information: index, unspecified, secondary, mammal, environmental, or imported. In total, this database is comprised of 861 unique geo-positioned MERS-CoV occurrences. The purpose of this article is to share a collated MERS-CoV database and extraction protocol that can be utilized in future mapping efforts for both MERS-CoV and other infectious diseases. More broadly, it may also provide useful data for the development of targeted MERS-CoV surveillance, which would prove invaluable in preventing future zoonotic spillover.

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A Middle East respiratory syndrome screening clinic for health care personnel during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea: A single-center experience

Cited by 5 publications

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Healthcare-associated infections: the hallmark of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus with review of the literature

Healthcare-associated infections: the hallmark of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus with review of the literature

How lessons learned from the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak affected the response to coronavirus disease 2019 in the Republic of Korea

A database of geopositioned Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus occurrences

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