Infection and mortality of healthcare workers worldwide from COVID-19: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate COVID-19 infections and deaths in healthcare workers (HCWs) from a global perspective during the early phases of the pandemic.

Design

Systematic review.

Methods

Two parallel searches of academic bibliographic databases and grey literature were undertaken until 8 May 2020. Governments were also contacted for further information where possible. There were no restrictions on language, information sources used, publication status and types of sources of evidence. The AACODS checklist or the National Institutes of Health study quality assessment tools were used to appraise each source of evidence.

Outcome measures

Publication characteristics, country-specific data points, COVID-19-specific data, demographics of affected HCWs and public health

SUBMITTER: Bandyopadhyay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7722361 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature