Social mixing patterns of United States healthcare personnel at a quaternary health center: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding healthcare personnel's (HCP) contact patterns are important to mitigate healthcare-associated infectious disease transmission. Little is known about how HCP contact patterns change over time or during outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

This study in a large United States healthcare system examined the social contact patterns of HCP via standardized social contact diaries. HCP were enrolled from October 2020 to June 2022. Participants completed monthly surveys of social contacts during a representative working day. In June 2022, participants completed a 2-day individual-level contact diary. Regression models estimated the association between contact rates and job type. We generated age-stratified contact matrices.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Pischel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883655 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature