Occupational Risk Factors for Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection Among Healthcare Personnel: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Subjects Enrolled in the COVID-19 Prevention in Emory Healthcare Personnel (COPE) Study

Overview

Journal Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialties Health Services
Infectious Diseases
Nursing
Public Health

Date 2021 Feb 9

PMID 33557990

Citations 6

Authors

Jessica R Howard-Anderson

Carly Adams

Amy C Sherman

William C Dube

Teresa C Smith

Neena Edupuganti

Nora Chea

Shelley S Magill

Daniel O Espinoza

Yerun Zhu

Varun K Phadke

Srilatha Edupuganti

James P Steinberg

Benjamin A Lopman

Jesse T Jacob

Matthew H Collins

Scott K Fridkin

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Abstract

Among 353 healthcare personnel in a longitudinal cohort in 4 hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia (May-June 2020), 23 (6.5%) had severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies. Spending >50% of a typical shift at the bedside (OR, 3.4; 95% CI, 1.2-10.5) and black race (OR, 8.4; 95% CI, 2.7-27.4) were associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity.

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