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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Eyre, David W
• Lumley, Sheila F
• O'Donnell, Denise
• Campbell, Mark
• Sims, Elizabeth
• Lawson, Elaine
• Warren, Fiona
• James, Tim
• Cox, Stuart
• Howarth, Alison
• Doherty, George
• Hatch, Stephanie B
• Kavanagh, James
• Chau, Kevin K
• Fowler, Philip W
• Swann, Jeremy
• Volk, Denis
• Yang-Turner, Fan
• Stoesser, Nicole
• Matthews, Philippa C
• Dudareva, Maria
• Davies, Timothy
• Shaw, Robert H
• Peto, Leon
• Downs, Louise O
• Vogt, Alexander
• Amini, Ali
• Young, Bernadette C
• Drennan, Philip George
• Mentzer, Alexander J
• Skelly, Donal T
• Karpe, Fredrik
• Neville, Matt J
• Andersson, Monique
• Brent, Andrew J
• Jones, Nicola
• Martins Ferreira, Lucas
• Christott, Thomas
• Marsden, Brian D
• Hoosdally, Sarah
• Cornall, Richard
• Crook, Derrick W
• Stuart, David I
• Screaton, Gavin
• Peto, Timothy Ea
• Holthof, Bruno
• O'Donnell, Anne-Marie
• Ebner, Daniel
• Conlon, Christopher P
• Jeffery, Katie
• Walker, Timothy M

Titel

Differential occupational risks to healthcare workers from SARS-CoV-2 observed during a prospective observational study

Ist Teil von

• eLife, 2020-08, Vol.9

Ort / Verlag

England: eLife Science Publications, Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We conducted voluntary Covid-19 testing programmes for symptomatic and asymptomatic staff at a UK teaching hospital using naso-/oro-pharyngeal PCR testing and immunoassays for IgG antibodies. 1128/10,034 (11.2%) staff had evidence of Covid-19 at some time. Using questionnaire data provided on potential risk-factors, staff with a confirmed household contact were at greatest risk (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 4.82 [95%CI 3.45-6.72]). Higher rates of Covid-19 were seen in staff working in Covid-19-facing areas (22.6% vs. 8.6% elsewhere) (aOR 2.47 [1.99-3.08]). Controlling for Covid-19-facing status, risks were heterogenous across the hospital, with higher rates in acute medicine (1.52 [1.07-2.16]) and sporadic outbreaks in areas with few or no Covid-19 patients. Covid-19 intensive care unit staff were relatively protected (0.44 [0.28-0.69]), likely by a bundle of PPE-related measures. Positive results were more likely in Black (1.66 [1.25-2.21]) and Asian (1.51 [1.28-1.77]) staff, independent of role or working location, and in porters and cleaners (2.06 [1.34-3.15]).