Infection prevention and control of monkeypox in healthcare settings

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology.
• Description:
  Updated August 11, 2022
  
  Summary of Changes
  
  On 8/11/2022:
  
  • Added recommendations on how to monitor exposed patients and when they should be isolated.
  
  • Added recommendations for assessing the risk of healthcare personnel (HCP) with monkeypox virus exposures, including how to monitor HCP and when to apply work restrictions
  
  • Updated the risk assessment table for HCP.
  
  o Moved the entry addressing HCP wearing all recommended PPE from the low/uncertain category in the table to the table’s preamble and described why self-monitoring remains recommended for these HCP.
  
  o Changed intact skin contact with potentially infectious materials or surfaces from higher risk to intermediate risk.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Precautions for Preventing Monkeypox Transmission -- Patient Placement -- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) -- Waste Management -- Environmental Infection Control -- Duration of Precautions -- Additional Resources
• Subjects:
  Cross Infection/prevention & Control Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & Control Health Personnel Infection Control Mpox (monkeypox)/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5e3531d7accd99169d13f330a2e5e4ec6e3a98404911e623980db7a43d396553
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120141/cdc_120141_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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