Table 3.
Covid-19 HCW outbreaks between January 20th, 2020 and July 8th, 2020.
| De-Identified Outbreak | State | Number of infected HCWs |
Setting | Occupational risk level⁎⁎⁎ |
Description of index case | Number of staff in self-isolation |
Number of secondary non-HCW cases |
Number of deaths associated with outbreak* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (Ferguson, 2020, Government of Tasmania 2020, Guardian Staff 2020) | TAS | 82 | Hospital – various wards | High | Exposed to 2 patients from Ruby Princess cruise ship, admitted on 20/3 and 26/3. First case notified on 3/4 but several staff had already experienced symptoms by then. |
1200 | 41 | 5⁎⁎ |
| B (Guardian Staff 2020, Chapman, 2020) | VIC | 10 | Hospital – haematology & oncology ward |
Medium | Detected through contact tracing after 4 inpatients tested positive |
100 | 5 | 3 |
| C (NSW Department of Health 2020, Guardian Staff 2020) |
NSW | 6 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | Unspecified | 7 | 1 |
| D (Lynch, 2020) | QLD | 5 | Hospital – pathology lab technicians | Low | Tested positive after returning from Brisbane |
80 | 0 | 0 |
| E (Cunningham, 2020, Victoria State Government; Health and Human Services 2020) | VIC | 5 | Hospital - psychiatrists | Medium | No further information | Unspecified | 9 | 0 |
| F (Victoria State Government 2020) | VIC | 2 | Hospital – emergency ward | High | Exposed to patient who was from an identified community outbreak and later tested positive |
24 | Unspecified | 0 |
| G (Aubusson, 2020, NSW Department of Health 2020) | NSW | 2 | Hospital – radiation therapists | Medium | No further information | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| H (May, 2020) | WA | 2 | Hospital – maternity ward | Medium | No further information | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| I (Laschon, 2020) | WA | 2 | Hospital – psychiatric unit | Low | Developed symptoms after returning from overseas |
13 | 0 | 0 |
| J (NSW Department of Health 2020) | NSW | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | Unspecified | 0 | 0 |
| K (Government of Western Australia Department of Health 2020) | WA | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | Low | History of intrastate travel | Unspecified | 0 | 0 |
| L (NSW Department of Health 2020) | NSW | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | 23 | 6 | 0 |
| M (Kagi, 2020) | WA | 2 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| N (Tasmanian Government Department of Health 2020) | TAS | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| O (NSW Department of Health 2020) | NSW | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | Low | Attended a medical conference with another case |
28 | 0 | 0 |
| P (Tasmanian Government Department of Health 2020, Guardian Staff 2020) |
TAS | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | Unspecified | Unspecified | 4 |
| Q (Chain and Ferry, 2020) | NSW | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | Low | Worked non-clinical duties at two hospitals |
10 | Unspecified | 0 |
| R (Central Western Daily, 2020) | NSW | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | 0 | Unspecified | 0 |
| S (Guardian Staff 2020, Writer, 2020) | WA | 1 | Hospital - emergency department | High | No further information | 0 | Unspecified | 3 |
| T (Queensland Government 2020) | QLD | 1 | Hospital – infectious disease unit | High | No further information | 6 | Unspecified | 0 |
| U (Olle, 2020) | SA | 1 | Hospital – ICU | Medium | Tested positive after developing symptoms |
22 | Unspecified | 0 |
| V (Mail Times, 2020) | WA | 1 | Hospital - unspecified | N/A | No further information | 22 | Unspecified | 0 |
| W (NSW Department of Health 2020) | NSW | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | Low | Attended a medical conference with another case |
61 | 1 | 0 |
| X (Woolley, 2020) | NSW | 1 | Hospital – maternity ward | Medium | No further information | Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
| Y (NSW Department of Health 2020) | NSW | 1 | Community – Paramedic | High | No further information | Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
| Z (Law, 2020) | WA | 1 | Hospital - unspecified | Low | Tested positive after returning from US |
Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
| AA (Godfrey, 2020) | VIC | 1 | Community – quarantine hotel | High | Undertaking duties at quarantine location |
0 | 0 | 0 |
| AB (Woolley, 2020) | VIC | 1 | Hospital - unspecified | N/A | No further information | Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
| AC (Victoria State Government; Health and Human Services 2020) | VIC | 10 | Hospital – acute medical ward | N/A | No further information | 15 | Unspecified | 0 |
| AD (Victoria State Government; Health and Human Services 2020) | VIC | 1 | Hospital - unspecified | N/A | No further information | Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
| AE26 | VIC | 2 | Hospital – unspecified | Low | Close contact of a confirmed case; attended a group training session in hospital |
Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
| AF (Beers, 2020) | VIC | 8 | Hospital – emergency department | N/A | No further information | All other staff in department | 1 | 0 |
| AG (Woolley, 2020) | VIC | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
| AH (Victoria State Government; Health and Human Services 2020) | VIC | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | Medium | Exposed to a patient who later tested positive |
Unspecified | 2 | 0 |
| AI (Beers, 2020) | VIC | 1 | Hospital – unspecified | N/A | No further information | Unspecified | 4 | 0 |
| AK (Olle, 2020) | VIC | 4 | Community – paramedics | High | No further information | Unspecified | Unspecified | 0 |
⁎
Includes both HCW and non-HCW deaths that were epidemiologically linked to the outbreak.
⁎⁎
Only deaths that occurred within the premises of North West Regional Hospital and North West Private Hospital are counted. As patients from these hospitals were transferred to other hospitals on April 12th, 2020, death count for this outbreak may be underestimated (ABC News, 2020).
⁎⁎⁎
Occupational risk is not assigned if no information is available about the ward and the specialty of the HCW, and the context during which the HCW acquired Covid-19.
High level if the HCW acquires Covid-19 while working clinical duties that involve direct exposure to Covid-19 patients or working in settings that feature a high daily influx of patients such as Emergency Departments or Paramedic Ambulances.
Medium level if the HCW acquires Covid-19 while working clinical duties in other settings beside those in High level.
Low level if the HCW acquires Covid-19 out of work, or while working in non-clinical duties, or duties that do not involve direct contact with patients and patients' biological samples.