Journal article
COVID-19 in Health Care Personnel Significance of Health Care Role, Contact History, and Symptoms in Those Who Test Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify significant factors that help predict whether health care personnel (HCP) will test positive for severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study among 7015 symptomatic HCP from March 25, 2020, through November 11, 2020. We analyzed the associations between health care role, contact history, symptoms, and a positive nasopharyngeal swab SARS-CoV-2 polymerase …
Authors
Lepak AJ; Buys A; Stevens L; LeClair-Netzel M; Anderson L; Osman F; Brennan MB; Bartels CM; Safdar N
Journal
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 96, No. 9, pp. 2312–2322
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
9 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.06.019
ISSN
0025-6196