COVID-19: What happened to the healthcare workers of a research and teaching hospital in Milan, Italy?
Acta Biomed
; 91(3): e2020016, 2020 09 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-761261
ABSTRACT
The paper wants to present the data of infection of the Health Care Workers of a research and teaching hospital in Milan, Italy. The majority (2554, 55.9%) of 4572 HCWs were tested for SARS-CoV-2 and 8.8% were found positive. Most of the tested workers were women, but we found higher relative frequency of positivity for men, even after adjustment for age, working area, and occupation. The higher frequency of positive tests in the medicine area is probably explained by the higher concentration in that area of COVID-19 patients. Conversely, the low frequency of positive HCWs in intensive care units is probably explained by the diffuse and continuous use of PPD. Our results show that HCWs in a research and teaching hospital in the most hit Region in Italy had a similar pattern of infection as all other HCWs all over the world. The problem of SARS-CoV-2 infections among the hospital personnel HCWs should remind us the concerns about hospital acquired infections both for patients and HCWs.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Cross Infection
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Health Personnel
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
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Hospitals, Teaching
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Antibodies, Viral
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
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:
Acta Biomed
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Abm.v91i3.10361
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