Risk assesment and management of exposure of health care workers to COVID-19 in a tertiary care hospital of South Gujarat

Autor:	Ashish H Patel, Shiv Pujari, Krishnakant Niranjan Bhatt, Amit Gamit, Keshvi Chauhan, Siddhant Agrawal, Kalpesh Gohel
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education Outbreak law.invention law Hygiene Family medicine Health care Quarantine Pandemic medicine business Risk assessment Personal protective equipment media_common
Zdroj:	International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 8:750
ISSN:	2394-6040 2394-6032
DOI:	10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20210233
Popis:	Background: The COVID-19 outbreak affected 215 countries worldwide and was declared global COVID-19 pandemic on 11th March 2020 by WHO. Healthcare workers (HCWs) in India are faced with an incredibly high number of patients per worker and because of high infectivity of COVID-19, having higher chances of getting COVID-19 infection. The objective of the study was the risk categorization of HCWs and provide recommendation for HCWs exposed to COVID-19 based on risk categorization.Methods: After obtaining informed and valid consent from HCWs based on standard WHO questionnaire HCW, who were exposed to COVID-19 were identified and categorised in to high risk and low risk health worker. Those who were at high risk of getting COVID-19 were advised quarantine for 14 days and rt pcr for Covid-19.Results: Out of 200 participants, 51% were male and 49% were female with the majority of them being in the age group of 18-28 (40%). Out of 200, 190 (95%) were exposed to COVID-19. Majority of HCWs who were having high risk of getting COVID-19 infection were young between age group of 18-28 (66,39.7%, p :0.091), male (91,59.6%, p
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