SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Medical Institution Faculty and Healthcare Workers in Tokyo, Japan
| Autor: | Maasa Morita, Masaaki Mori, Kana Misawa, Yuko Kitagawa, Toshikimi Shiraki, Masayuki Amagai, Aya Hirata, Tamami Ishizaka, Sei Harada, Nobuko Yamada-Goto, Tomoyasu Nishimura, Mitsuru Murata, Naoki Hasegawa, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Suzuka Kato, Masayo Noguchi, Hideyuki Saya, Yoshifumi Uwamino, Shoko Kashimura, Miho Iida, Toshinobu Kurafuji, Minako Matsumoto, Tatsuhiko Azegami, Hirokazu Yokoyama, Toru Takebayashi, Shunsuke Uno, Ayano Murai-Takeda, Kazuyo Kuwabara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Medical institution
medicine.medical_specialty Health Personnel Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Serology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Japan Internal medicine Health care Internal Medicine Humans Medicine Tokyo SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Transmission (medicine) COVID-19 virus diseases General Medicine Odds ratio Faculty Confidence interval Dysgeusia 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 60:2569-2575 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.7033-21 |
| Popis: | Objective To consider effective measures against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in medical institutions, this study estimated the SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Tokyo, Japan, and determined the specific findings for mild coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Methods This study analyzed the results of serologic tests to detect immunoglobulin G antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and evaluated the demographic and clinical characteristics of the faculty and HCWs at a Tokyo medical institution in August 2020. The demographic and clinical characteristics of participants with antibody-positive results were compared to those of participants with antibody-negative results. Patients or Materials This study recruited 2,341 faculty and HCWs at a Tokyo medical institution, 21 of whom had a COVID-19 history. Results Of the 2,320 participants without a COVID-19 history, 20 (0.862%) had positive serologic test results. A fever and dysgeusia or dysosmia occurred with greater frequency among the participants with positive test results than in those with negative results (odds ratio [OR], 5.475; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.960-15.293 and OR, 24.158; 95% CI, 2.693-216.720, respectively). No significant difference was observed in the positivity rate between HCWs providing medical care for COVID-19 patients using adequate protection and other HCWs (OR, 2.514; 95% CI, 0.959-6.588). Conclusion To reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread in medical institutions, faculty and HCWs should follow standard and necessary transmission-based precautions, and those with a fever and dysgeusia or dysosmia should excuse themselves from work as soon as possible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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