The prevalence of COVID-19 in healthcare personnel in an adult and pediatric academic medical center.
Am J Infect Control
; 49(5): 542-546, 2021 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1198579
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
It is vital to know which healthcare personnel (HCP) have a higher chance of testing positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19).METHODS:
A retrospective analysis was conducted at Stanford Children's Health (SCH) and Stanford Health Care (SHC) in Stanford, California. Analysis included all HCP, employed by SCH or SHC, who had a COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test resulted by the SHC Laboratory, between March 1, 2020 and June 15, 2020. The primary outcome was the RT-PCR percent positivity and prevalence of COVID-19 for HCP and these were compared across roles.RESULTS:
SCH and SHC had 24,081 active employees, of which 142 had at least 1 positive COVID-19 test. The overall HCP prevalence of COVID-19 was 0.59% and percent positivity was 1.84%. Patient facing HCPs had a significantly higher prevalence (0.66% vs 0.43%; Pâ¯=â¯.0331) and percent positivity (1.95% vs 1.43%; Pâ¯=â¯.0396) than nonpatient facing employees, respectively. Percent positivity was higher in food service workers (9.15%), and environmental services (5.96%) compared to clinicians (1.93%; P < .0001) and nurses (1.46%; P < .0001), respectively. DISCUSSION ANDCONCLUSION:
HCP in patient-facing roles and in support roles had a greater chance of being positive of COVID-19.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Occupational Health
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Health Personnel
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Infect Control
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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