Open AccessSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Infections in Critical Care Staff: Beware the Risks Beyond the Bedside
Author(s) -
Kate El Bouzidi,
Tasneem Pirani,
Carolina Rosadas,
Samreen Ijaz,
Matthew Pearn,
Shehnila Chaudhry,
Sameer Patel,
Macià Sureda-Vives,
Natalia Fernández,
Maryam Khan,
Peter Cherepanov,
Myra O. McClure,
Richard S. Tedder,
Mark Zuckerman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.002
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1530-0293
pISSN - 0090-3493
DOI - 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004878
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , coronavirus , pandemic , intensive care , emergency medicine , pediatrics , disease , intensive care medicine , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Critical care workers were considered to be at high risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection from patients during the first wave of the pandemic. Staff symptoms, previous swab testing, and antibody prevalence were correlated with patient admissions to investigate this assumption.