COVID-19 in health care workers in a university hospital during the quarantine in São Paulo city

Health care workers (HCW) are at a higher risk of being infected in their workplace. Out of a total of 466 HCW of Hospital São Paulo with influenza-like illnesses or any clinical suspicion of COVID-19 were tested for COVID-19 by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 169 (36%) turned out positive and were analyzed b...

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Autores principales: Faíco-Filho, Klinger Soares, Carvalho, Joseane Mayara Almeida, Conte, Danielle Dias, de Souza Luna, Luciano Kleber, Bellei, Nancy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7831527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32931758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2020.08.003
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Sumario:Health care workers (HCW) are at a higher risk of being infected in their workplace. Out of a total of 466 HCW of Hospital São Paulo with influenza-like illnesses or any clinical suspicion of COVID-19 were tested for COVID-19 by RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 169 (36%) turned out positive and were analyzed by type of exposure and hospital occupation. Data of HCW household locations were also obtained. Logistic workers had the highest positivity rate for SARS-CoV-2 (p = 0.002), while nurse technicians had the highest rate among those reporting routine contacts with patients (p = 0.001). Physicians presented the lowest rate of infection, although living in most affected districts (p < 0.001). Policies and adequate training for all hospital employees may improve prevention of COVID-19 among all health care service categories.

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