Open AccessWork at inpatient care units is associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection; a cross-sectional study of 8679 healthcare workers in Sweden
Author(s) -
Anna-Karin Lidström,
Fredrik Sund,
Bo Albinsson,
Johan Lindbäck,
Gabriel Westman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.1080/03009734.2020.1793039
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , cross sectional study , logistic regression , serostatus , personal protective equipment , pandemic , hygiene , inpatient care , covid-19 , family medicine , environmental health , demography , emergency medicine , disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , sociology , viral load , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the protection of healthcare workers has been in focus throughout the world, but the availability and quality of personal protective equipment has at times and in some settings been suboptimal.