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Health Surveillance and Response to SARS-CoV-2 Mass Testing in Health Workers of a Large Italian Hospital in Verona, Veneto.

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • المصدر:
      Publisher: MDPI Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101238455 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1660-4601 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 16604601 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Environ Res Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: Basel : MDPI, c2004-
    • الموضوع:
      Personnel, Hospital*; Coronavirus Infections/*diagnosis ; Mass Screening/*methods ; Pneumonia, Viral/*diagnosis; Adult ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections/virology ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Italy/epidemiology ; Male ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ; Pneumonia, Viral/virology ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Risk Assessment ; SARS-CoV-2
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Italy presented the first largest COVID-19 outbreak outside of China. Veneto currently ranks fourth among the Italian regions for COVID-19 confirmed cases (~19,000). This study presents health surveillance data for SARS-CoV-2 in 6100 health workers (HW) employed in a large public hospital. Workers underwent oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal swabs, with a total of 5942 participants (97.5% of the population). A total of 11,890 specimens were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection using PCR, identifying the viral genes E, RdRP, and N. Positive tests were returned for 238 workers (cumulative incidence of 4.0%, similar in both COVID and nonCOVID units). SARS-CoV-2 risk was not affected by gender, age, or job type, whereas work setting and occupation were both predictors of infection. The risk was higher in medical wards (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.9-3.9) and health services (OR 4.3, 95% CI 2.4-7.6), and lower in surgical wards and administration areas. To our knowledge, this study represents the largest available HW case list swab-tested for SARS-CoV-2, covering almost the total workforce. Mass screening enabled the isolation of HW, improved risk assessment, allowed for close contacts of and infected HW to return to work, provided evidence of SARS-CoV-2 diffusion, and presented solid ground to prevent nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections. The ongoing concurrent sero-epidemiological study aims to enable the improvement of health surveillance to maintain the safety of HWs and the communities they serve.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare workers; mass screening; swab test
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20200719 Date Completed: 20200731 Latest Revision: 20201218
    • الموضوع:
      20250114
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC7399926
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.3390/ijerph17145104
    • الرقم المعرف:
      32679773