Healthcare personnel with laboratory-confirmed mpox in California during the 2022 outbreak

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Aug;45(8):1003-1005. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.12. Epub 2024 Mar 27.

Abstract

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reviewed 109 cases of healthcare personnel (HCP) with laboratory-confirmed mpox to understand transmission risk in healthcare settings. Overall, 90% of HCP with mpox had nonoccupational exposure risk factors. One occupationally acquired case was associated with sharps injury while unroofing a patient's lesion for diagnostic testing.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • California / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Health Personnel* / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional* / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mpox, Monkeypox* / epidemiology
  • Occupational Exposure* / statistics & numerical data
  • Risk Factors