Article ; Online: Prävalenz von SARS-CoV-2 bei Mitarbeitern eines Krankenhauses der Regel-/Schwerpunktversorgung in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)
2021 Volume 146, Issue 5, Page(s) e30–e38
Abstract: Background: We assessed the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the staff of a general hospital ... and serology for SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, employees completed a questionnaire about preexisting ... conditions, contacts with SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals and COVID-19-specific symptoms.: Results: 1212 ...
| Title translation | Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in employees of a general hospital in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. |
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| Abstract | Background: We assessed the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the staff of a general hospital in North-Rhine-Westphalia in a cross-sectional study. Method: Employees (n = 1363) were offered a nasopharyngeal swab and serology for SARS-CoV-2. Additionally, employees completed a questionnaire about preexisting conditions, contacts with SARS-CoV-2-positive individuals and COVID-19-specific symptoms. Results: 1212 employees participated. 19 of 1363 (1.4 %) employees tested positive by PCR (3 within and 16 before the study). 40 (3.3 %) and 105 (8.6 %) had IgG and IgA, respectively, 32 (2.6 %) both IgG and IgA. Overall, 47 employees tested positive. In this group, most frequently reported symptoms were headache (56 %), fatigue (49 %), sore throat (49 %), and cough (46 %); fever was reported by 33 %. SARS-CoV-2-positive employees reported more frequently contact with COVID-19 cases (60.5 % vs. 37.3 %, p = 0.006). Employees testing positive only for IgA reported less symptoms. Conclusion: Between 27.04. and 20.05.2020, 3.9 % of the employees working in a general hospital were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. This proportion was lower than expected; possible explanations are the low level of endemic infection and the extensive, uniform in-house preventative measures. |
| MeSH term(s) | Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Antibodies, Viral/blood ; COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Female ; Germany/epidemiology ; Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasopharynx/virology ; RNA, Viral/analysis ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Young Adult |
| Chemical Substances | Antibodies, Viral ; RNA, Viral |
| Language | German |
| Publishing date | 2021-01-29 |
| Publishing country | Germany |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 200446-x |
| ISSN | 1439-4413 ; 0012-0472 |
| ISSN (online) | 1439-4413 |
| ISSN | 0012-0472 |
| DOI | 10.1055/a-1322-5355 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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