Initial estimates of COVID-19 infections in hospital workers in the United States during the first wave of pandemic

Autor: Junaid Ahmad Bhatti, Muhammad Ramzan Tahir, Junaid Abdul Razzak, Omrana Pasha-Razzak
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Viral Diseases
Epidemiology
Geographical locations
Medical Conditions
Pandemic
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine
Public and Occupational Health
Medical Personnel
Cross Infection
Multidisciplinary
Direct patient care
Mortality rate
Healthcare worker
Hospitals
Europe
Professions
Infectious Diseases
Italy
Engineering and Technology
Safety Equipment
Safety
Coronavirus Infections
Research Article
China
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Death Rates
Science
Equipment
Population based
Patient care
Population Metrics
Environmental health
Humans
COVID-19
Public and occupational health
Medical personnel
Safety equipment
Death rates
European Union
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
Population Biology
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Biology and Life Sciences
Covid 19
Models
Theoretical
Confidence interval
United States
Health Care
Personnel
Hospital
Health Care Facilities
Medical Risk Factors
Population Groupings
People and places
business
Forecasting
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 12, p e0242589 (2020)
PLOS ONE, 15(12): e0242589
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Objective We estimated the number of hospital workers in the United States (US) that might be infected or die during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the data in the early phases of the pandemic. Methods We calculated infection and death rates amongst US hospital workers per 100 COVID-19-related deaths in the general population based on observed numbers in Hubei, China, and Italy. We used Monte Carlo simulations to compute point estimates with 95% confidence intervals for hospital worker (HW) infections in the US based on each of these two scenarios. We also assessed the impact of restricting hospital workers aged ≥ 60 years from performing patient care activities on these estimates. Results We estimated that about 53,000 hospital workers in the US could get infected, and 1579 could die due to COVID19. The availability of PPE for high-risk workers alone could reduce this number to about 28,000 infections and 850 deaths. Restricting high-risk hospital workers such as those aged ≥ 60 years from direct patient care could reduce counts to 2,000 healthcare worker infections and 60 deaths. Conclusion We estimate that US hospital workers will bear a significant burden of illness due to COVID-19. Making PPE available to all hospital workers and reducing the exposure of hospital workers above the age of 60 could mitigate these risks.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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