The risk of COVID-19 infection among nurses working with COVID-19 patients

被引：2

作者：

Alrabadi, Nasr ^{[1
,8
]}

Al-faouri, Ibrahim ^{[2
]}

Hadad, Razan ^{[3
]}

Al-rabadi, Daher ^{[2
]}

Alnsour, Ayham ^{[4
]}

Alzoubi, Osama ^{[5
]}

Obeidat, Omar ^{[1
]}

Alzoubi, Karem H. ^{[6
,7
]}

机构：

[1] Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Med, Dept Pharmacol, Irbid, Jordan

[2] Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Nursing, Dept Community & Mental Hlth Nursing, Irbid, Jordan

[3] Jadara Univ, Fac Pharm, Dept Pharmaceut Sci, Irbid, Jordan

[4] Al Balqa Appl Univ, Fac Med, Salt, Jordan

[5] Univ Jordan, Fac Med, Amman, Jordan

[6] Univ Sharjah, Dept Pharm Practice & Pharmacotherapeut, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates

[7] Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Pharm, Dept Clin Pharm, Irbid, Jordan

[8] Jordan Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Edicine, Dept Pharmacol, POB 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan

来源：

MEDICINE | 2023年 / 102卷 / 49期

关键词：

COVID-19; fear; health care workers; infection risk; Jordan;

D O I：

10.1097/MD.0000000000036201

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Working with 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients is currently considered one of the main fears and challenges that face healthcare workers (HCWs), especially nurses. This challenge can jeopardize the quality of health care services for those patients and cause a serious mental burden to HCWs. To understand and estimate the risk of COVID-19 infection among HCWs who directly serve COVID-19 patients. Before the community spread of the disease, 270 nurses who worked with COVID-19 wards were followed for 11 weeks to report the COVID-19 cases. On the other hand, during the community spread of the disease, 981 registered nurses (300 worked in COVID-19 wards and 681 worked in non-COVID wards) were followed for up to 16 weeks to report the COVID-19 cases. Before the community spread of COVID-19, none of the nurses who worked with the COVID-19 patients got the infection. On the other hand, during the community spread of the COVID-19 infection, 30% of the 300 nurses who worked in the COVID-19 wards got the COVID-19 infection, while 64% of the 681 HCWs who worked in the non-COVID wards got the infection. The relative risk of getting COVID-19 infection among HCWs who worked in the COVID-19 wards was reduced to about half in comparison to other HCWs who worked in the non-COVID wards (RR = 0.469). HCWs should not fear working with COVID-19 patients. Considering appropriate personal protective measures and infection control standards, the risk of infection transmission from the community is higher than that of COVID-19 patients, if any.

引用

页数：4

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