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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 29-32 |
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Epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19-positive health-care personnel and their workplace contacts at a tertiary care hospital
Anjum B Fazili, Shamila Hamid Qadri, Uroosa Farooq Allaqband, Rohul jabeen Shah, Suhail Manzoor Shah, Javeed Ahmad Parray
Department of Community Medicine, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Uroosa Farooq Allaqband
Department of Community Medicine, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jcrsm.jcrsm_82_20
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Background: Health care personnel (HCP) are at risk for nosocomial acquisition of severe acute respiratory syndrome-COV 2 from the exposure to infected patients and co-workers.
Aim and Objective: This study was done to assess the epidemiological characteristics of HCP with COVID-19 and their workplace contacts.
Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study done from April to July 2020. Data were collected telephonically from the cases, whereas the data from contacts were collected by both face-to-face interview and telephonically. A total of 125 cases and their 552 workplace contacts were included in the study.
Results: Majority of study participants were symptomatic, young males with majority reporting exposure within the health facility.
Conclusion: Ensuring workplace safety and adequate availability of personal protective equipment and sanitizers are the responsibility which every HC facility has to take care of COVID-19, health-care.
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