Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team

<h3>Background and Aim</h3><p dir="ltr">The transport of coronavirus‐2019 (COVID‐19) patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a challenging situation, especially for healthcare workers (HCWs), due to the risk of cross‐infection. Hence, certain precautions...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Rabee Tawel (21363629) (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Lubna Altawil (21363632) (author), Sunil Hassan Koya (21363635) (author), Hani Jaouni (21363638) (author), Guillaume Alinier (6952004) (author), Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (11659453) (author), Ahmed Labib (14591793) (author)
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author Rabee Tawel (21363629)
author2 Lubna Altawil (21363632)
Sunil Hassan Koya (21363635)
Hani Jaouni (21363638)
Guillaume Alinier (6952004)
Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (11659453)
Ahmed Labib (14591793)
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Lubna Altawil (21363632)
Sunil Hassan Koya (21363635)
Hani Jaouni (21363638)
Guillaume Alinier (6952004)
Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (11659453)
Ahmed Labib (14591793)
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Lubna Altawil (21363632)
Sunil Hassan Koya (21363635)
Hani Jaouni (21363638)
Guillaume Alinier (6952004)
Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (11659453)
Ahmed Labib (14591793)
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2022-12-08T03:00:00Z
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biomedical and clinical sciences
Clinical sciences
Health sciences
Public health
coronavirus disease‐2019
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
healthcare workers
mobile ECMO
transmission
transport
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description <h3>Background and Aim</h3><p dir="ltr">The transport of coronavirus‐2019 (COVID‐19) patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a challenging situation, especially for healthcare workers (HCWs), due to the risk of cross‐infection. Hence, certain precautions are needed for their safety. The study aims to evaluate the risk of COVID‐19 transmission to HCWs who transport COVID‐19 patients on ECMO device.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">A retrospective review of adult patients with COVID‐19 infection supported with ECMO and transported by ground route to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) and a survey of HCWs involved in those cases.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 63 HCWs of the mobile ECMO team were exposed to COVID‐19‐positive patients on 199 occasions. HCWs exposure time was nearly 110 h, and the total transport distance was 1018 km. During the study period, only two of the mobile ECMO HCWs tested positive for COVID‐19. There was zero incidence of transfer‐associated injuries or accidents to HCWs.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">The risk of COVID‐19 cross‐infection to the mobile ECMO team seems to be very low, provided that strict infection prevention and control measures are applied.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Health Science Reports<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.981" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.981</a></p>
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spelling Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation teamRabee Tawel (21363629)Lubna Altawil (21363632)Sunil Hassan Koya (21363635)Hani Jaouni (21363638)Guillaume Alinier (6952004)Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (11659453)Ahmed Labib (14591793)Biomedical and clinical sciencesClinical sciencesHealth sciencesPublic healthcoronavirus disease‐2019extracorporeal membrane oxygenationhealthcare workersmobile ECMOtransmissiontransport<h3>Background and Aim</h3><p dir="ltr">The transport of coronavirus‐2019 (COVID‐19) patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a challenging situation, especially for healthcare workers (HCWs), due to the risk of cross‐infection. Hence, certain precautions are needed for their safety. The study aims to evaluate the risk of COVID‐19 transmission to HCWs who transport COVID‐19 patients on ECMO device.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">A retrospective review of adult patients with COVID‐19 infection supported with ECMO and transported by ground route to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) and a survey of HCWs involved in those cases.</p><h3>Results</h3><p dir="ltr">A total of 63 HCWs of the mobile ECMO team were exposed to COVID‐19‐positive patients on 199 occasions. HCWs exposure time was nearly 110 h, and the total transport distance was 1018 km. During the study period, only two of the mobile ECMO HCWs tested positive for COVID‐19. There was zero incidence of transfer‐associated injuries or accidents to HCWs.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">The risk of COVID‐19 cross‐infection to the mobile ECMO team seems to be very low, provided that strict infection prevention and control measures are applied.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Health Science Reports<br>License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.981" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.981</a></p>2022-12-08T03:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1002/hsr2.981https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Risk_of_COVID_19_infection_among_mobile_extracorporeal_membrane_oxygenation_team/29069678CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/290696782022-12-08T03:00:00Z
spellingShingle Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
Rabee Tawel (21363629)
Biomedical and clinical sciences
Clinical sciences
Health sciences
Public health
coronavirus disease‐2019
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
healthcare workers
mobile ECMO
transmission
transport
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title Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
title_full Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
title_fullStr Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
title_full_unstemmed Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
title_short Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
title_sort Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
topic Biomedical and clinical sciences
Clinical sciences
Health sciences
Public health
coronavirus disease‐2019
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
healthcare workers
mobile ECMO
transmission
transport