COVID-19 among healthcare workers in a specialist infectious diseases setting in Naples, Southern Italy: results of a cross-sectional surveillance study.
J Hosp Infect
; 105(4): 596-600, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-647846
ABSTRACT
A coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveillance study was performed in March-April 2020 among asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCWs) at a specialist infectious diseases hospital in Naples, Italy. All HCWs underwent two rounds of molecular and serological testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). One hundred and fifteen HCWs were tested; of these, two cases of infection were identified by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and two HCWs were SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G seropositive. The overall prevalence of current or probable previous infection was 3.4%. The infection rate among HCWs was reasonably low. Most of the infected HCWs had been asymptomatic for the preceding 30 days, which supports the need for periodic screening of HCWs for COVID-19.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Health Personnel
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
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Coronavirus Infections
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Emergency Medical Services
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Hosp Infect
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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