Hospital-wide SARS-CoV-2 antibody screening of 4840 staff members in a University Medical Center in France: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Healthcare workers are more likely to be infected by SARS-CoV-2. In order to assess the infectious risk associated with working in a hospital, we sought to estimate the proportion of healthcare professionals infected with SARS-CoV-2 by screening staff in a University Medical Center in France.

Setting

A hospital-wide screening campaign (comprising a serological test and a questionnaire) ran from 18 May to 26 July 2020.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The seroprevalence rate was analysed in a multivariate analysis according to sociodemographic variables (age, sex and profession), exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and symptoms.

Results

A total of 4840 professionals were included, corresponding to 74.5% of the centre's staff. The seroprevalence rate (95% CI)

SUBMITTER: Pierson-Marchandise M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9096052 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature