EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKPLACE INDUSTRY AND COVID-19 INFECTION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF CANADA'S LARGEST RAPID ANTIGEN SCREENING PROGRAM.
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:
14 Dec 2023
14 Dec 2023
Historique:
medline:
28
12
2023
pubmed:
28
12
2023
entrez:
28
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
To control virus spread while keeping the economy open, identifying individuals at increased risk of COVID-19 transmission in the workplace is paramount. Among adult participants in a large Canadian rapid antigen screening program (January 2021-March 2022), we examined screening, personal, and workplace characteristics and conducted logistic regressions, adjusted for COVID-19 wave, screening frequency and location, role, age group, and geography. Among N = 145,814 participants across 2,707 worksites, 6,209 screened positive at least once. Workers in natural resources (OR = 2.1[1.73-2.55]), utilities (OR = 1.67[1.38-2.03]), construction (OR = 1.35[1.06-1.71]), and transportation/warehousing (OR = 1.32[1.12-1.56]) had increased odds of screening positive; workers in education/health (OR = 0.62[0.52-0.73]), leisure/hospitality (OR = 0.71[0.56-0.90]), and finance (OR = 0.84[0.71-0.99]) had lesser odds of screening positive, compared to professional/business services. Certain industries involving in-person work in close quarters are associated with elevated COVID-19 transmission. Continued reliance on rapid screening in these sectors is warranted.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38151981
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003028
pii: 00043764-990000000-00460
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of interest: AA, JG, AG, LR, and JS comprise the steering committee of the CDL RSC, and all authors receive compensation for services to the CDL RSC. AG’s full disclosure statement is available at www.avigoldfarb.com/disclosure. JG has written the books Economics in the Age of COVID-19, The Pandemic Information Gap, and The Pandemic Information Solution on which he receives royalties. JS is a senior strategic advisor to Digital Public Square, a not-for-profit that works on the uses of technology for community development. The authors declare that they have no other competing interests.