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COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers
OBJECTIVE: To survey individuals who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) at 1 of 4 Trinity Health of New England drive‐through testing centers to assess their demographic information, hospitalization rate, preexisting conditions, possible routes of exposu...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7675465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33230507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12286 |
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author | Smith, Aaron A. Akerson, Joie Danahey, James Dinh, Tam N.M. Porter, Paul S. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To survey individuals who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) at 1 of 4 Trinity Health of New England drive‐through testing centers to assess their demographic information, hospitalization rate, preexisting conditions, possible routes of exposures, duration of symptoms, and subsequent household infections of healthcare workers (HCWs) when compared to non‐HCWs. METHODS: Data were collected via a telephone survey using a standardized script. Between March 1, 2020 and June 17, 2020, 28,903 people were tested at 4 Connecticut drive‐through testing centers. Individuals who tested positive between March 16 and April 21, 2020 were randomly contacted. Of those individuals, 100 people agreed to complete the survey. Bivariate analysis and logistic regression were performed. RESULTS: HCWs comprised 46% of the 100 survey respondents during the study period. Similarly, HCWs comprised 42.1% of all individuals who tested positive and listed an employer between March 1 and June 17, 2020. HCWs reported a longer duration of symptoms (17.39 vs 13.44 days) and were more likely to report work as their route of exposure (80.4% vs 27.8%) than non‐HCWs. CONCLUSIONS: HCWs may face a disproportionate risk of contracting COVID‐19 and self‐report a longer duration of symptoms than the general public. The data suggest a need for an increased recovery time away from work than is currently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as an increase in infection precautions for HCWs. |
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spelling | pubmed-76754652020-11-19 COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers Smith, Aaron A. Akerson, Joie Danahey, James Dinh, Tam N.M. Porter, Paul S. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Infectious Disease OBJECTIVE: To survey individuals who tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) at 1 of 4 Trinity Health of New England drive‐through testing centers to assess their demographic information, hospitalization rate, preexisting conditions, possible routes of exposures, duration of symptoms, and subsequent household infections of healthcare workers (HCWs) when compared to non‐HCWs. METHODS: Data were collected via a telephone survey using a standardized script. Between March 1, 2020 and June 17, 2020, 28,903 people were tested at 4 Connecticut drive‐through testing centers. Individuals who tested positive between March 16 and April 21, 2020 were randomly contacted. Of those individuals, 100 people agreed to complete the survey. Bivariate analysis and logistic regression were performed. RESULTS: HCWs comprised 46% of the 100 survey respondents during the study period. Similarly, HCWs comprised 42.1% of all individuals who tested positive and listed an employer between March 1 and June 17, 2020. HCWs reported a longer duration of symptoms (17.39 vs 13.44 days) and were more likely to report work as their route of exposure (80.4% vs 27.8%) than non‐HCWs. CONCLUSIONS: HCWs may face a disproportionate risk of contracting COVID‐19 and self‐report a longer duration of symptoms than the general public. The data suggest a need for an increased recovery time away from work than is currently recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as an increase in infection precautions for HCWs. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7675465/ /pubmed/33230507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12286 Text en © 2020 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Infectious Disease Smith, Aaron A. Akerson, Joie Danahey, James Dinh, Tam N.M. Porter, Paul S. COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers |
title | COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers |
title_full | COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers |
title_fullStr | COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers |
title_short | COVID‐19 drive‐through testing survey: Measuring the burden on healthcare workers |
title_sort | covid‐19 drive‐through testing survey: measuring the burden on healthcare workers |
topic | Infectious Disease |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7675465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33230507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12286 |
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