COVID-19 Infections in Health Care Personnel by Source of Exposure and Correlation With Community Incidence.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 08 2022
01 08 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
9
6
2022
medline:
10
8
2022
entrez:
8
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to describe the rate of household, community, occupational, and travel-related COVID-19 infections among health care personnel (HCP). In a retrospective cohort study of 3694 HCP with COVID-19 infections from July 5 to December 19, 2020, we analyzed infection source data and rates, compared with local and state infection rates, and performed a correlation analysis. Household (27.1%) and community (15.6%) exposures were the most common sources of infection. Occupational exposures accounted for 3.55% of HCP infections. Unattributable infections (no known exposure source) accounted for 53.1% and correlated with community rather than occupational exposure ( R = 0.99 vs 0.78, P < 0.01). COVID-19 infections in this large HCP cohort correlated closely with infection rates in the community. The low incidence of occupational infections supports the effectiveness of institutional infection prevention and control measures.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35673245
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002562
pii: 00043764-202208000-00008
pmc: PMC9377361
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
675-678Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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