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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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Autores principales: 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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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
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Ab Gani, Mohd Hafiz
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Robat, Rosnawati Muhamad
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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/).
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Ab Gani, Mohd Hafiz
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Robat, Rosnawati Muhamad
Zubir, Muhammad Zulfakhar
Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals in Malaysia
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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
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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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