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Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic introduced significant novel risks for healthcare workers and healthcare services. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, trends, characteristics, and sources of COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysian hospitals. A cros...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912485 |
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author | Harith, Abdul Aziz Ab Gani, Mohd Hafiz Griffiths, Robin Abdul Hadi, Azlihanis Abu Bakar, Nor Aishah Myers, Julia Mahjom, Maznieda Robat, Rosnawati Muhamad Zubir, Muhammad Zulfakhar |
author_facet | Harith, Abdul Aziz Ab Gani, Mohd Hafiz Griffiths, Robin Abdul Hadi, Azlihanis Abu Bakar, Nor Aishah Myers, Julia Mahjom, Maznieda Robat, Rosnawati Muhamad Zubir, Muhammad Zulfakhar |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic introduced significant novel risks for healthcare workers and healthcare services. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, trends, characteristics, and sources of COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysian hospitals. A cross-sectional study used secondary data collected from a COVID-19 surveillance system for healthcare workers between January and December 2020. Two surges in COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers in Malaysia were epidemiologically correlated to a similarly intense COVID-19 pattern of transmission in the community. The period prevalence of COVID-19 infection and the mortality rate among healthcare workers in Malaysia were 1.03% and 0.0019%, respectively. The majority of infections originated from the workplace (53.3%); a total of 36.3% occurred among staff; a total of 17.0% occurred between patients and staff; and 43.2% originated from the community. Healthcare workers had a 2.9 times higher incidence risk ratio for the acquisition of COVID-19 infection than the general population. Nursing professionals were the most highly infected occupational group (40.5%), followed by medical doctors and specialists (24.1%), and healthcare assistants (9.7%). The top three departments registering COVID-19 infections were the medical department (23.3%), the emergency department (17.7%), and hospital administration and governance (9.1%). Occupational safety and health units need to be vigilant for the early detection of a disease outbreak to prevent the avoidable spread of disease in high-risk settings. The transformation of some tertiary hospitals to dedicated COVID-19 care, the monitoring of new procedures for the management of COVID-19 patients, and appropriate resource allocation are key to successful risk mitigation strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-95647802022-10-15 Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia Harith, Abdul Aziz Ab Gani, Mohd Hafiz Griffiths, Robin Abdul Hadi, Azlihanis Abu Bakar, Nor Aishah Myers, Julia Mahjom, Maznieda Robat, Rosnawati Muhamad Zubir, Muhammad Zulfakhar Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The COVID-19 pandemic introduced significant novel risks for healthcare workers and healthcare services. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, trends, characteristics, and sources of COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysian hospitals. A cross-sectional study used secondary data collected from a COVID-19 surveillance system for healthcare workers between January and December 2020. Two surges in COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers in Malaysia were epidemiologically correlated to a similarly intense COVID-19 pattern of transmission in the community. The period prevalence of COVID-19 infection and the mortality rate among healthcare workers in Malaysia were 1.03% and 0.0019%, respectively. The majority of infections originated from the workplace (53.3%); a total of 36.3% occurred among staff; a total of 17.0% occurred between patients and staff; and 43.2% originated from the community. Healthcare workers had a 2.9 times higher incidence risk ratio for the acquisition of COVID-19 infection than the general population. Nursing professionals were the most highly infected occupational group (40.5%), followed by medical doctors and specialists (24.1%), and healthcare assistants (9.7%). The top three departments registering COVID-19 infections were the medical department (23.3%), the emergency department (17.7%), and hospital administration and governance (9.1%). Occupational safety and health units need to be vigilant for the early detection of a disease outbreak to prevent the avoidable spread of disease in high-risk settings. The transformation of some tertiary hospitals to dedicated COVID-19 care, the monitoring of new procedures for the management of COVID-19 patients, and appropriate resource allocation are key to successful risk mitigation strategies. MDPI 2022-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9564780/ /pubmed/36231783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912485 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Harith, Abdul Aziz Ab Gani, Mohd Hafiz Griffiths, Robin Abdul Hadi, Azlihanis Abu Bakar, Nor Aishah Myers, Julia Mahjom, Maznieda Robat, Rosnawati Muhamad Zubir, Muhammad Zulfakhar Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia |
title | Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia |
title_full | Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia |
title_fullStr | Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia |
title_short | Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia |
title_sort | incidence, prevalence, and sources of covid-19 infection among healthcare workers in hospitals in malaysia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9564780/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912485 |
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