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Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients

BACKGROUND: Corona virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a challenge to health sectors all over the world. The pandemic arrived in Egypt a few weeks after Europe and Asia, with rapidly rising numbers. Health care workers (HCWs) are front liners sustaining a major risk of acquiring the inf...

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Autores principales: GIRGIS, SAMIA A., HALIM, MOSHIRA, HABIL, IHAB S., HUSSEIN, WAFAA M., MOSSAD, ISIS M., ABDEL-AZIZ, AHMED, SALEH, AYMAN M., OMAR, ASHRAF, EL-METEINI, MAHMOUD
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35603255
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2021.62.4.2102
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author GIRGIS, SAMIA A.
HALIM, MOSHIRA
HABIL, IHAB S.
HUSSEIN, WAFAA M.
MOSSAD, ISIS M.
ABDEL-AZIZ, AHMED
SALEH, AYMAN M.
OMAR, ASHRAF
EL-METEINI, MAHMOUD
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HALIM, MOSHIRA
HABIL, IHAB S.
HUSSEIN, WAFAA M.
MOSSAD, ISIS M.
ABDEL-AZIZ, AHMED
SALEH, AYMAN M.
OMAR, ASHRAF
EL-METEINI, MAHMOUD
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description BACKGROUND: Corona virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a challenge to health sectors all over the world. The pandemic arrived in Egypt a few weeks after Europe and Asia, with rapidly rising numbers. Health care workers (HCWs) are front liners sustaining a major risk of acquiring the infection. AIM: In this work, we analyse an outbreak of COVID-19 in a University hospital in Cairo involving HCWs of different categories, patients and patients’ accompanying relatives. METHODS: Following the reporting of the first COVID-19 confirmed case; a 55-year-old nurse at the hospital, a total of 645 healthcare workers, patients and patients’ accompanying relatives were tested for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assay. RESULTS: Twenty-four out of 589 HCWs, 3 out of 42 patient and 4 out of 14 patients’ accompanying relatives tested positive for COVID-19. No physicians, pharmacists or technicians were infected. Nursing staff and housekeeping staff were the most at risk of contracting the infection with a risk ratio of 4.99 (95% CI: 1.4-17.6) and 5.08 (95% CI: 1.4-18.4) respectively. Clustering of infected HCWs was observed in paediatrics’ ICU and in the 6th floor of the hospital. CONCLUSIONS: Nursing and housekeeping staff sustain a significantly higher risk of COVID-19 infection compared to other staff categories. The nature of their duties and the frequent unprotected contact between members of these categories may play a role in increasing their risk.
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spelling pubmed-91046822022-05-19 Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients GIRGIS, SAMIA A. HALIM, MOSHIRA HABIL, IHAB S. HUSSEIN, WAFAA M. MOSSAD, ISIS M. ABDEL-AZIZ, AHMED SALEH, AYMAN M. OMAR, ASHRAF EL-METEINI, MAHMOUD J Prev Med Hyg Covid-19 BACKGROUND: Corona virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a challenge to health sectors all over the world. The pandemic arrived in Egypt a few weeks after Europe and Asia, with rapidly rising numbers. Health care workers (HCWs) are front liners sustaining a major risk of acquiring the infection. AIM: In this work, we analyse an outbreak of COVID-19 in a University hospital in Cairo involving HCWs of different categories, patients and patients’ accompanying relatives. METHODS: Following the reporting of the first COVID-19 confirmed case; a 55-year-old nurse at the hospital, a total of 645 healthcare workers, patients and patients’ accompanying relatives were tested for SARS-CoV-2 by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assay. RESULTS: Twenty-four out of 589 HCWs, 3 out of 42 patient and 4 out of 14 patients’ accompanying relatives tested positive for COVID-19. No physicians, pharmacists or technicians were infected. Nursing staff and housekeeping staff were the most at risk of contracting the infection with a risk ratio of 4.99 (95% CI: 1.4-17.6) and 5.08 (95% CI: 1.4-18.4) respectively. Clustering of infected HCWs was observed in paediatrics’ ICU and in the 6th floor of the hospital. CONCLUSIONS: Nursing and housekeeping staff sustain a significantly higher risk of COVID-19 infection compared to other staff categories. The nature of their duties and the frequent unprotected contact between members of these categories may play a role in increasing their risk. Pacini Editore Srl 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9104682/ /pubmed/35603255 http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2021.62.4.2102 Text en ©2021 Pacini Editore SRL, Pisa, Italy https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the CC-BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International) license. The article can be used by giving appropriate credit and mentioning the license, but only for non-commercial purposes and only in the original version. For further information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
spellingShingle Covid-19
GIRGIS, SAMIA A.
HALIM, MOSHIRA
HABIL, IHAB S.
HUSSEIN, WAFAA M.
MOSSAD, ISIS M.
ABDEL-AZIZ, AHMED
SALEH, AYMAN M.
OMAR, ASHRAF
EL-METEINI, MAHMOUD
Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients
title Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients
title_full Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients
title_fullStr Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients
title_short Investigation of a COVID-19 outbreak in a University Cardio-Thoracic Hospital in Cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients
title_sort investigation of a covid-19 outbreak in a university cardio-thoracic hospital in cairo: exploration of the risk to healthcare workers and patients
topic Covid-19
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35603255
http://dx.doi.org/10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2021.62.4.2102
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