Successful containment of COVID‐19 outbreak in a large maternity and perinatal center while continuing clinical service

Successful containment of COVID‐19 outbreak in a large maternity and perinatal center while continuing clinical service

Apart from massive testing of personnel in predefined phases and increased hygiene measures, including a general obligation to wear surgical face masks, we identified the need to monitor cases of illness across all groups of employees, to ensure social distancing within personnel and to evaluate contacts of clinical personnel outside of the hospital environment, in order to be able to interpret chains of infections and to disrupt them. Overall, only a bundle of measures is needed to contain such an outbreak.