Burden, risk assessment, surveillance and management of SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: a scoping review

F Calò, A Russo, C Camaioni, S De Pascalis… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2020 - mednexus.org
Background: Health workers (HWs) are at increased risk for severe acute respiratory
syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and a possible source of nosocomial …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated infection control strategy to minimize nosocomial infection of coronavirus disease 2019 among ENT healthcare workers

D Lu, H Wang, R Yu, H Yang, Y Zhao - The Journal of hospital …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The
most common symptoms are fever and dry cough; a minority of patients report other …

Healthcare worker infections and deaths due to COVID-19: A survey from 37 nations and a call for WHO to post national data on their website

H Erdem, DR Lucey - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021 - ijidonline.com
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing devastating threat to
human lives and livelihoods around the world. Healthcare workers (HCW) are part of the …

Risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among US health care personnel

JT Jacob, JM Baker, SK Fridkin, BA Lopman… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Risks for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection among health care personnel (HCP) are unclear. Objective To evaluate the risk …

SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare personnel with high-risk occupational exposure: evaluation of 7-day exclusion from work policy

HC Maltezou, X Dedoukou, M Tseroni… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background As of late February 2020, Greece has been experiencing the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. Healthcare personnel (HCP) were …

Risk of nosocomial transmission of coronavirus disease 2019: an experience in a general ward setting in Hong Kong

SCY Wong, RTS Kwong, TC Wu, JWM Chan… - Journal of Hospital …, 2020 - Elsevier
Summary Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan in
December 2019 and has rapidly spread across different cities within and outside China …

High SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence among healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 patients

Y Chen, X Tong, J Wang, W Huang, S Yin, R Huang… - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
The seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was
examined among 105 healthcare workers (HCWs) exposed to four patients who were …

Clinical characteristics of 54 medical staff with COVID‐19: a retrospective study in a single center in Wuhan, China

J Chu, N Yang, Y Wei, H Yue, F Zhang… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In December 2019, an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS‐Cov‐2) infection occurred in Wuhan, and rapidly spread to worldwide, which has …

[PDF][PDF] Prevention, identification and management of health worker infection in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 30 October 2020

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
Background Health workers, 1 in particular those in contact with and/or who care for COVID-
19 patients, are at higher risk of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 than the general …

[HTML][HTML] Super-factors associated with transmission of occupational COVID-19 infection among healthcare staff in Wuhan, China

Y Wang, W Wu, Z Cheng, X Tan, Z Yang, X Zeng… - Journal of Hospital …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Globally, there have been many cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) among medical staff; however, the main factors associated with the infection are not well …