Radboud University Hospital: 12 staff in 6-week quarantine after hantavirus protocol breach

Per Radboud University Hospital statement (quoted via RTE, May 11): 'Due to these circumstances, twelve employees are going into preventive quarantine for six weeks as a precaution, even though the risk of infection is low'. The hospital identified procedural errors in taking blood samples and disposing of patient urine during the treatment of MVH-006 (Dutch crew member, 41, confirmed ANDV-positive, admitted to Radboudumc Nijmegen May 7). First hospital-acquired secondary exposure cohort in the MV Hondius outbreak; all 12 staff currently asymptomatic and being monitored over the 42-day ANDV incubation window.

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hantavirus