Impact and Management of COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in Two Acute Care Hospitals and Two Associated Long-term Care Centres in Barcelona, Spain. Issue 9 (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Montero-Moraga, Jose Maria; Buron, Andrea; Sala, Maria; Santia, Paula; Lupia, Martina; Beltrán, Ana; Villar, Rocío; Horcajada, Juan Pablo; Castells, Xavier; Gil, Oscar Díaz; León, Eduardo Padilla; Serra, Consol
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 63:Issue 9(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: communicable disease control -- contact tracing -- COVID-19 -- healthcare workers -- nosocomial transmission -- PCR test -- SARS-CoV-2 -- secondary attack rate; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002290
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: To describe the characteristics of COVID-19-related episodes in healthcare workers (HCW) of two hospitals. Methods: Prospective study of HCW with COVID-like symptoms and/or who were close contacts of confirmed COVID-19. The percentage of positive PCRs among those with symptoms was calculated, and symptom's positive predictive value and negative predictive value. The characteristics of contacts were described, as well as the secondary clinical attack rate. Results: We registered 1222 episodes of HCW with COVID-like symptoms; 340 (27.8%) had a positive PCR. In 885 episodes, a HCW was a close contact of a confirmed case. In 45.5% of these, the HCW had contact with another HCW. The secondary clinical attack rate of contacts of HCW was 14.5%. Conclusion: We found a high prevalence of disease and transmission between HCW during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text