Practices and activities among healthcare personnel with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection working in different healthcare settings-ten Emerging Infections Program sites, April-November 2020

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Nora Chea, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Taniece Eure, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Austin R Penna, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Cedric J Brown, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; Joelle Nadle, California Emerging Infections Program; Deborah Godine, California Emerging Infections Program; Linda Frank, California Emerging Infections Program; Christopher A Czaja, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; Helen Johnston, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; Devra Barter, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; Betsy F Miller, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; Katie Angell, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; Kristen Marshall, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; James Meek, Yale School of Public Health; Monica Brackney, Yale School of Public Health; Stacy Carswell, Foundation for Atlanta Veterans Education and Research, Atlanta; Stephy Thomas, Emory University; Lucy E Wilson, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore; Rebecca Perlmutter, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore; Kaytlynn Marceaux-Galli, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore; Ashley Fell, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore; Sarah Lim, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore; Ruth Lynfield, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore; Sarah Shrum Davis, University of New Mexico; Erin C Phipps, University of New Mexico; Marla Sievers, New Mexico Department of Health; Ghinwa Dumyati, University of Rochester; Cathleen Concannon, University of Rochester; Kathryn McCullough, University of Rochester; Amy Woods, University of Rochester; Sandhya Seshadri, University of Rochester; Christopher Myers, University of Rochester; Rebecca Pierce, Oregon Health Authority, Portland; Valerie LS Ocampo, Oregon Health Authority, Portland; Judith A Guzman-Cottrill, Oregon Health Authority, Portland; Gabriela Escutia, Oregon Health Authority, Portland; Monika Samper, Oregon Health Authority, Portland; Sandra A Pena, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville; Cullen Adre, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville; Matthew Groenewold, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati; ND Thompson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta; SS Magill, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
• Language: English
• Date: 2021-06-02
• Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2021
• License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.262
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 8
• Start Page: 1058
• End Page: 1062
• Grant/Funding Information: This project was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through cooperative agreements with the 10 Emerging Infections Program sites.
• Keywords: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Infectious Diseases; Science & Technology
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Public Health

Abstract

Healthcare personnel with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection were interviewed to describe activities and practices in and outside the workplace. Among 2,625 healthcare personnel, workplace-related factors that may increase infection risk were more common among nursing-home personnel than hospital personnel, whereas selected factors outside the workplace were more common among hospital personnel.