Assessing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission to healthcare personnel: The global ACT-HCP case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize associations between exposures within and outside the medical workplace with healthcare personnel (HCP) SARS-CoV-2 infection, including the effect of various forms of respiratory protection.

Design

Case-control study.

Setting

We collected data from international participants via an online survey.

Participants

In total, 1,130 HCP (244 cases with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, and 886 controls healthy throughout the pandemic) from 67 countries not meeting prespecified exclusion (ie, healthy but not working, missing workplace exposure data, COVID symptoms without lab confirmation) were included in this study.

Methods

Respondents were queried regarding workplace exposures, respiratory protection, and extra-occupational activities. O

SUBMITTER: Lentz RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542323 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature