Occupational risk factors for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among healthcare personnel: A cross-sectional analysis of subjects enrolled in the COVID-19 Prevention in Emory Healthcare Personnel (COPE) study

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Jessica Howard-Anderson, Emory University; Carly Adams, Emory University; Amy C. Sherman, Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center; William C. Dube, Emory University; Teresa C. Smith, Emory University; Neena Edupuganti, Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center; Daniel O. Espinoza, Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center; Yerun Zhu, Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center; Varun Phadke, Emory University; Srilatha Edupuganti, Emory University; James Steinberg, Emory University; Benjamin Lopman, Emory University; Jesse Jacob, Emory University; Matthew Collins, Emory University; Scott Fridkin, Emory University; Shelley S. Magill, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Nora Chea, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Language: English
• Date: 2021-02-09
• Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: Copyright © The Author(s) 2022
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.54
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 3
• Start Page: 381
• End Page: 386
• Grant/Funding Information: was supported by the Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group fellowship (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases grant no. UM1AI104681).; C.A. was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (grant no. R01 HS025987) and the National Science Foundation (grant no. 2032084); This study was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a cooperative agreement with the Georgia Emerging Infection Program (grant no. U50CK000485).
• Keywords: Infectious Diseases; Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Epidemiology; Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Safety; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Among 353 healthcare personnel in a longitudinal cohort in 4 hospitals in Atlanta, Georgia (May-June 2020), 23 (6.5%) had severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies. Spending >50% of a typical shift at the bedside (OR, 3.4; 95% CI, 1.2-10.5) and black race (OR, 8.4; 95% CI, 2.7-27.4) were associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity.