Specific exposure of ICU staff to SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity: a wide seroprevalence study in a French city-center hospital

• Published in: Annals of intensive care Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 75
• Main Authors: Vivier, Emmanuel, Pariset, Caroline, Rio, Stephane, Armand, Sophie, Doroszewski, Fanny, Richard, Delphine, Chardon, Marc, Romero, Georges, Metral, Pierre, Pecquet, Matthieu, Didelot, Adrien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 13.05.2021; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Anesthesiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Critical Care Medicine; Disease transmission; Emergency Medicine; Health personnel; Intensive; Intensive care; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; NCT; NCT04422977; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiologic studies; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiologic studies; Health personnel

Background Most hospital organizations have had to face the burden of managing the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. One of the challenges in overcoming the influx of COVID-19 patients is controlling patient-to-staff transmission. Measuring the specific extent of ICU caregiver exposure to the virus and ide...