Article ; Online: Differential occupational risks to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2 observed during a prospective observational study.
2020 Volume 9
Abstract: We conducted voluntary Covid-19 testing programmes for symptomatic and asymptomatic staff at a UK teaching hospital using naso-/oro-pharyngeal PCR testing and immunoassays for IgG antibodies. 1128/10,034 (11.2%) staff had evidence of Covid-19 at some ... ...
Abstract | We conducted voluntary Covid-19 testing programmes for symptomatic and asymptomatic staff at a UK teaching hospital using naso-/oro-pharyngeal PCR testing and immunoassays for IgG antibodies. 1128/10,034 (11.2%) staff had evidence of Covid-19 at some time. Using questionnaire data provided on potential risk-factors, staff with a confirmed household contact were at greatest risk (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4.82 [95%CI 3.45-6.72]). Higher rates of Covid-19 were seen in staff working in Covid-19-facing areas (22.6% vs. 8.6% elsewhere) (aOR 2.47 [1.99-3.08]). Controlling for Covid-19-facing status, risks were heterogenous across the hospital, with higher rates in acute medicine (1.52 [1.07-2.16]) and sporadic outbreaks in areas with few or no Covid-19 patients. Covid-19 intensive care unit staff were relatively protected (0.44 [0.28-0.69]), likely by a bundle of PPE-related measures. Positive results were more likely in Black (1.66 [1.25-2.21]) and Asian (1.51 [1.28-1.77]) staff, independent of role or working location, and in porters and cleaners (2.06 [1.34-3.15]). |
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MeSH term(s) | Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Factors ; Aged ; Asymptomatic Infections/epidemiology ; Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections/transmission ; Coronavirus Infections/virology ; Female ; Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data ; Hospitals, Teaching/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; Incidence ; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/statistics & numerical data ; Intensive Care Units/statistics & numerical data ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission ; Pneumonia, Viral/virology ; Risk ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; United Kingdom/epidemiology ; Young Adult |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-08-21 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Observational Study ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2687154-3 |
ISSN | 2050-084X ; 2050-084X |
ISSN (online) | 2050-084X |
ISSN | 2050-084X |
DOI | 10.7554/eLife.60675 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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