Risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among hospital employees in Italy: a single-centre study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak early in 2020 overwhelmed the Italian national health system, and hospitals were considered places at high risk of spreading the infection. We explored specific antibody seroprevalence of all employees at a single hospital in the epicentre of the outbreak, to identify areas of risk in nosocomial setting and to evaluate the usefulness of antibody testing.

Aims

Aim of this study was to explore SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a single hospital workers cohort.

Methods

All hospital workers were invited to fill in a questionnaire and undergo a blood test for SARS-CoV-2 IgG, using two commercial tests (DiaSorin and Abbott). Seropositivity was determined overall and according to demographic and occupations characteristics, for both tests singly

SUBMITTER: Daperno M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251056 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature