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.

Jessica R Howard-Anderson Carly Adams Amy C Sherman William C Dube Teresa C Smith Neena Edupuganti Nora Chea Shelley S Magill Daniel O Espinoza Yerun Zhu Varun K Phadke Srilatha Edupuganti James P Steinberg Benjamin A Lopman Jesse T Jacob Matthew H Collins Scott K Fridkin

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Published: March 2022

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.

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