1. Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among US Healthcare Personnel, May–December 2020
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Kristen E Marshall, Sarah Shrum Davis, Judith A Guzman-Cottrill, Amy Woods, Devra Barter, Rebecca Pierce, Nicola D. Thompson, Christopher A. Czaja, Kathryn McCullough, Taniece Eure, Kathleen Angell, Marla Sievers, Christopher A. Myers, Helen Johnston, Ashley Fell, Sarah Lim, Gregory Blazek, Cedric Brown, Cathleen Concannon, Sandhya Seshadri, Rebecca Alkis Ramirez, Gabriela Escutia, Sara Lovett, Austin R Penna, Valerie Ocampo, Cheri Grigg, Monika Samper, Betsy Feighner Miller, Ghinwa Dumyati, Erin C Phipps, Shelley S. Magill, Nora Chea, Ruth Lynfield, and Ruoran Li
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Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Activities of daily living ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Epidemiology ,Health Personnel ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Psychological intervention ,Disease ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 ,medicine.disease_cause ,2019 novel coronavirus disease ,respiratory infections ,Risk Factors ,Occupational Exposure ,Activities of Daily Living ,Health care ,Humans ,Medicine ,viruses ,Coronavirus ,business.industry ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Research ,COVID-19 ,Odds ratio ,United States ,zoonoses ,Infectious Diseases ,coronavirus disease ,Emergency medicine ,business ,Delivery of Health Care ,Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among US Healthcare Personnel, May–December 2020 ,healthcare personnel ,severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 - 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.
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- 2022