Chea, Nora; Brown, Cedric J; Eure, Taniece; Ramirez, Rebecca Alkis; Blazek, Gregory; Penna, Austin R; Li, Ruoran; Czaja, Christopher A; Johnston, Helen; Barter, Devra; +24 more... Miller, Betsy Feighner; Angell, Kathleen; Marshall, Kristen E; Fell, Ashley; Lovett, Sara; Lim, Sarah; Lynfield, Ruth; Davis, Sarah Shrum; Phipps, Erin C; Sievers, Marla; Dumyati, Ghinwa; Concannon, Cathleen; McCullough, Kathryn; Woods, Amy; Seshadri, Sandhya; Myers, Christopher; Pierce, Rebecca; Ocampo, Valerie LS; Guzman-Cottrill, Judith A; Escutia, Gabriela; Samper, Monika; Thompson, Nicola D; Magill, Shelley S; Grigg, Cheri T; (2022) Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among US Healthcare Personnel, May-December 2020. Emerging infectious diseases, 28 (1). pp. 95-103. ISSN 1080-6040 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211803
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Abstract
To determine risk factors for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among US healthcare personnel (HCP), we conducted a case-control analysis. We collected data about activities outside the workplace and COVID-19 patient care activities from HCP with positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test results (cases) and from HCP with negative test results (controls) in healthcare facilities in 5 US states. We used conditional logistic regression to calculate adjusted matched odds ratios and 95% CIs for exposures. Among 345 cases and 622 controls, factors associated with risk were having close contact with persons with COVID-19 outside the workplace, having close contact with COVID-19 patients in the workplace, and assisting COVID-19 patients with activities of daily living. Protecting HCP from COVID-19 may require interventions that reduce their exposures outside the workplace and improve their ability to more safely assist COVID-19 patients with activities of daily living.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & Dynamics (2023-) |
PubMed ID | 34856114 |
Elements ID | 206304 |
Official URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211803 |
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