Assessment of the characteristics of COVID-19 infection among healthcare personnel working in long-term care facilities

Between May and June 2021, healthcare personnel at two long-term care facilities underwent SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid immunoglobulin G testing and completed a survey on COVID-19 exposures and symptoms. Antibody positivity rate was 8.9%. Similar rates of COVID-19 exposure occurred in non-occupation...

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Published inAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE Vol. 4; no. 1; p. e81
Main Authors Mansoor, Armaghan-E-Rehman, O'Neil, Caroline A, McDonald, David, Fraser, Victoria J, Babcock, Hilary M, Kwon, Jennie H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Cambridge University Press 2024
Subjects
Concise Communication
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines
Enrollments
Health care
Immunization
Immunoglobulins
Infections
Long term health care
Long-term care
Masks
Medical supplies
Pandemics
Patients
Personal protective equipment
Population
Self report
Serology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social distancing
Viral infections
St Louis Missouri
United States > US
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Summary:Between May and June 2021, healthcare personnel at two long-term care facilities underwent SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid immunoglobulin G testing and completed a survey on COVID-19 exposures and symptoms. Antibody positivity rate was 8.9%. Similar rates of COVID-19 exposure occurred in non-occupational and occupational settings, with high self-reported adherence to workplace infection prevention practices.
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A poster of the findings from this study was presented at The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring 2023 Annual Meeting
ISSN:2732-494X
2732-494X
DOI:10.1017/ash.2024.72