Infection prevention and control risk factors in health workers infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Jordan: A case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite under-reporting, health workers (HWs) accounted for 2 to 30% of the reported COVID-19 cases worldwide. In line with data from other countries, Jordan recorded multiple case surges among HWs.

Methods

Based on the standardized WHO UNITY case-control study protocol on assessing risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in HWs, HWs with confirmed COVID-19 were recruited as cases from eight hospitals in Jordan. HWs exposed to COVID-19 patients in the same setting but without infection were recruited as controls. The study lasted approximately two months (from early January to early March 2021). Regression models were used to analyse exposure risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in HWs; conditional logistic regressions were utilized to estimate odds ratios (ORs) ad

SUBMITTER: Tarif AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9269456 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature