Scott Weese, DVM, shares strong evidence of cat-to-veterinarian transmission in an upcoming paper. He wasn’t surprised this could happen, but the circumstances serve as a safety warning to veterinary teams.
Weese shares the cat from a SARS-CoV-2 owner home was healthy and the veterinarian collected nasal and rectal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 testing. In the process, the cat sneezed in her face. She was wearing an N95 mask but no eye protection, a common oversight.
. . . if there’s a high-risk scenario where an N95 mask is needed, eye protection is almost always indicated. As a profession, veterinarians do a pretty bad job of using eye protection.” – Scott Weese, DVM
Source: Worms and Germs Blog, June 9, 2022. Link.