Quantification of Occupational and Community Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity Among Health Care Workers in a Large U.S. Health Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying occupational risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among health care workers (HCWs) can improve HCW and patient safety.

Objective

To quantify demographic, occupational, and community risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among HCWs in a large health care system.

Design

A logistic regression model was fitted to data from a cross-sectional survey conducted in April to June 2020, linking risk factors for occupational and community exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity.

Setting

A large academic health care system in the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area.

Participants

Employees and medical staff members elected to participate in SARS-CoV-2

SUBMITTER: Baker JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7877798 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature