SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among pediatric health care personnel after the first peak of the pandemic: nationwide surveillance in Turkey

BACKGROUND: Understanding SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among health care personnel is important to explore risk factors for transmission, develop elimination strategies and form a view on the necessity and frequency of surveillance in the future. METHODS: We enrolled 4927 health care personnel working...

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Autores principales: Oygar, Pembe Derin, Büyükçam, Ayşe, Bal, Zümrüt Şahbudak, Dalgıç, Nazan, Bozdemir, Şefika Elmas, Karbuz, Adem, Çetin, Benhur Şirvan, Kara, Yalçın, Çetin, Ceren, Hatipoğlu, Nevin, Uygun, Hatice, Aygün, Fatma Deniz, Törün, Selda Hançerli, Okur, Dicle Şener, Çiftdoğan, Dilek Yılmaz, Kara, Tuğçe Tural, Yahşi, Aysun, Özer, Arife, Demir, Sevliya Öcal, Akkoç, Gülşen, Turan, Cansu, Salı, Enes, Şen, Semra, Erdeniz, Emine Hafize, Kara, Soner Sertan, Emiroğlu, Melike, Erat, Tuğba, Aktürk, Hacer, Gürlevik, Sibel Laçinel, Sütçü, Murat, Aydın, Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli, Atikan, Başak Yıldız, Yeşil, Edanur, Güner, Gizem, Çelebi, Emel, Efe, Kadir, İşançlı, Didem Kızmaz, Durmuş, Habibe Selver, Tekeli, Seher, Karaaslan, Ayşe, Bülbül, Lida, Almış, Habip, Kaba, Özge, Keleş, Yıldız Ekemen, Yazıcıoğlu, Bahadır, Oğuz, Şerife Bahtiyar, Ovalı, Hüsnü Fahri, Doğan, Hazal Helin, Çelebi, Solmaz, Çakır, Deniz, Karasulu, Burcugül, Alkan, Gülsüm, Yenidoğan, İrem, Gül, Doruk, Küçükalioğlu, Burcu Parıltan, Avcu, Gülhadiye, Kukul, Musa Gürel, Bilen, Melis, Yaşar, Belma, Üstün, Tuğba, Kılıç, Ömer, Akın, Yasemin, Cebeci, Sinem Oral, Bucak, Ibrahim Hakan, Yanartaş, Mehpare Sarı, Şahin, Aslıhan, Arslanoğlu, Sertaç, Elevli, Murat, Çoban, Rabia, Öz, Şadiye Kübra Tüter, Hatipoğlu, Halil, Erkum, İlyas Tolga, Turgut, Mehmet, Demirbuğa, Asuman, Özçelik, Taha, Çiftçi, Diclehan, Sarı, Emine Ergül, Akkuş, Gökhan, Hatipoğlu, Sadık Sami, Dinleyici, Ener Çağrı, Hacımustafaoğlu, Mustafa, Özkınay, Ferda, Kurugöl, Zafer, Cengiz, Ali Bülent, Somer, Ayper, Tezer, Hasan, Kara, Ateş
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34592441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.054
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Understanding SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among health care personnel is important to explore risk factors for transmission, develop elimination strategies and form a view on the necessity and frequency of surveillance in the future. METHODS: We enrolled 4927 health care personnel working in pediatric units at 32 hospitals from 7 different regions of Turkey in a study to determine SARS Co-V-2 seroprevalence after the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A point of care serologic lateral flow rapid test kit for immunoglobulin (Ig)M/IgG was used. Seroprevalence and its association with demographic characteristics and possible risk factors were analyzed. RESULTS: SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity prevalence in health care personnel tested was 6.1%. Seropositivity was more common among those who did not universally wear protective masks (10.6% vs 6.1%). Having a COVID-19-positive co-worker increased the likelihood of infection. The least and the most experienced personnel were more likely to be infected. Most of the seropositive health care personnel (68.0%) did not suspect that they had previously had COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS: Health surveillance for health care personnel involving routine point-of-care nucleic acid testing and monitoring personal protective equipment adherence are suggested as important strategies to protect health care personnel from COVID-19 and reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

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