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OBJECTIVE: Health and non-health workers (HNH-W) in a hospital are more exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection than the general population. We studied the prevalence of this infection in these workers of Segovia´s Hospital after the first epidemic wave. METHODS: Monocentric, observational, cross-sectional study, carried out between April 29 and May 14, 2020. The infection was diagnosed by capillary immunochromatography test for IgG and / or IgM antibodies, or PCR. Work, health, and exposure variables were studied. RESULTS: A total of 1,335 HNH-W participated in the study out of a total of 1,667 (80.1%), 79.3% women, with a mean age of 47.3 years, and 47.1 for men. The prevalence of infected was 21.95%, 24.7% asymptomatic. Age presented a significant OR of 1.02/year. Exposure outside of work increased the prevalence by 16.8%. The continued use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and the administration of nebulizations presented an OR of 0.54 and 0.46 respectively. The symptoms associated with the highest prevalence were anosmia (OR 9.31), ageusia (OR 3.05), and fever (OR 1.94). Today, about 75% of HNH-W were infected in the first wave. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence is higher among healthcare workers than the population they serve. Age is associated with a higher prevalence of infection. Almost a quarter of those infected were asymptomatic. The continuous use of PPE was associated with a lower prevalence, for that the administration of nebulisations could be safe. The symptoms with the greatest association were fever, anosmia, and ageusia.
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COVID-19 , Pandemics , COVID-19/epidemiology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Health Personnel , Hospitals, General , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
Se describe un brote de escabiosis aparecido en la Unidad de hospitalización de Aparato Respiratorio de un hospital de 500 camas iniciado al ingresar una paciente de 90 años procedente de una residencia geriátrica. Se produjeron 27 casos secundarios entre personal sanitario (14) y pacientes (13), y otros 7 altamente probables entre 198 contactos. Se trataron con crema de permetrina al 5 por ciento en tres aplicaciones separadas una semana entre sí. También se empleó como profilaxis en no afectados en aplicación única. Se debaten las recomendaciones médico-preventivas para controlar la propagación de estos procesos. (AU)
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Male , Female , Humans , Scabies , Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional , Sex Distribution , Disease Transmission, Infectious , Cross Infection , Disease OutbreaksABSTRACT
A scabies outbreak is reported which appeared in the Inpatient Pneumology Department in a 500-bed hospital. The outbreak began after the admission of a 90-year old woman referred from a nursing home. A total of 27 secondary cases occurred among health care personnel (14) and patients (13); other 7 cases of likely scabies occurred among 198 contacts. Patients were treated with 5% permetrine cream, in three applications one week apart from each other. It was also applied as prophylaxis in non involved patients in a single application. A discussion follows on the medical and preventive recommendations to control the spreading of these outbreak.
