COVID-19 Surveillance and Investigations in Workplaces – Seattle & King County, Washington, June 15–November 15, 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Bonwitt, Jesse ; Currie, Dustin W. ; Deya, Ruth W. ; Duchin, Jeffrey S. ; Hood, Julia ; Huntington-Frazier, Melinda ; Kawakami, Vance ; Kelly-Reif, Kaitlin ; Lindquist, Scott ; Lipton, Beth ; Luckhaupt, Sara E. ; Pallickaparambil, Aley J. ; Pogosjans, Sargis ; Rao, Agam K. ; Sanford, Sara J.
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? Workplace activities that involve close contact with coworkers and customers can lead to COVID-19 spread. What is added by this report? Workplace investigations were prioritized using workplace features associated with increased COVID-19 spread and with severe disease outcomes. High-priority investigations were more likely than were medium- and low-priority investigations to have two or more cases among employees, two or more cases not previously linked to the workplace, or two or more exposed workplace contacts not previously elicited during case interviews. What are the implications for public health practice? Workplace investigations uncovered contacts not previously elicited and cases not previously linked to the workplace, demonstrating the importance of conducting workplace investigations in addition to routine case interviews to limit the potential workplace spread of COVID-19. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases COVID-19 Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Safety Viral Diseases Workplace
• Keywords:
  Humans; Work environment; Employee exposure; Job analysis; Work performance; Work operations; Worker health; Worker safety; Case reports; Workplace monitoring; Surveillance; Disease transmission; Disease control; Disease incidence; Coronavirus; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Viral diseases; Infection control; Risk management; Hazard controls; Public health
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7025a3
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062955
• Citation:
  MMWR 2021 Jun; 70(25):916-921
• Email:
  vance.kawakami@kingcounty.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3d563afbaedf1b53d0c2358cfbcda2167232271e97434cad12d5822f5f4ffed1590e91ad8f7fa11b05fcb05c36196adf5b07f7997538431004b721500dc1fa8b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248486/cdc_248486_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 249.00 KB ]