TABLE 1.

Accidental Exposure Cases During Care of Patients With MERS

Case no.	Occupation	Sex	Age, y	PPE	Mode of exposure
1	Doctor	Male	42	N95	Contact with patient’s blood on bare skin
2	Nurse	Female	52	None	Exposure to sick patient under MV without PPE for 5 min
3	Doctor	Male	40	PAPR	PAPR circuit disconnect for 10 min
4	Doctor	Male	38	PAPR	PAPR circuit disconnect for 30 sec

NOTE. MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome; MV, mechanical ventilation; PAPR, powered air-purifying respirator; PPE, personal protective equipment.