COVID-19 contagious health care personnel 5-day early return-to-work program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 contagious health care personnel (HCP) who are self-isolating for a 10-day period increases burden to workforce shortages. Implementation of a 5-day early return-to-work (RTW) program may reduce self-isolation periods, without increasing transmission risk, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design and methods

This observational cohort quality improvement study included newly diagnosed COVID-19 HCP at a multifacility health care system. The program allowed HCP to return to work 6 days after date of a positive test result if they were not immunocompromised, had mild and improving symptoms, and self-reported a SARS-CoV-2 antigen negative test on day 5.

Results

Between January 4 and April 3, 2022, 1,023 HCP self-enrolled and 344 (33.6%) self-reported negati

SUBMITTER: Wagester S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9674395 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature