Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Healthcare Workers of a German COVID-19 Treatment Center

被引：6

作者：

Larribere, Lionel ^{[1
]}

Gordejeva, Jelizaveta ^{[2
]}

Kuhnhenn, Lisa ^{[3
]}

Kurscheidt, Maximilian ^{[2
]}

Pobiruchin, Monika ^{[2
]}

Vladimirova, Dilyana ^{[1
]}

Martin, Maria ^{[4
]}

Roser, Markus ^{[3
]}

Schramm, Wendelin ^{[2
]}

Martens, Uwe M. ^{[1
]}

Eigenbrod, Tatjana ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] SLK Clin Heilbronn GmbH, Canc Ctr Heilbronn Franken, D-74078 Heilbronn, Germany

[2] Hsch Heilbronn, GECKO Inst Med Informat & Econ, D-74081 Heilbronn, Germany

[3] SLK Clin Heilbronn GmbH, Inst Lab Med, D-74078 Heilbronn, Germany

[4] SLK Clin Heilbronn GmbH, Inst Infect Prevent & Clin Hyg, D-74078 Heilbronn, Germany

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2021年 / 18卷 / 13期

关键词：

COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; epidemiology; infectious disease; health care workers; transmission; infection risk; SEROPREVALENCE;

D O I：

10.3390/ijerph18137057

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

To date, more than 160 million people have been infected with COVID-19 worldwide. In the present study, we investigated the history of SARS-CoV-2 infection among 3067 healthcare workers (HCW) in a German COVID-19 treatment center during the early phase of the pandemic (July 2020) based on the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and self-reported previous PCR results. The results demonstrate a low prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (n = 107 [3.5%]) with no increased risk for employees with a high level of patient exposure in general or working in COVID-19-confined areas in particular. This suggests that the local hygiene standards implemented in our hospital during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic were effective in preventing patient-to-HCW transmission. No evidence for highly mobile staff serving as a vector for SARS-CoV-2 transmission could be found. In addition, impairment of smell and/or taste was strongly associated with SARS-CoV-2 history.

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