Open AccessPrevalence of Coronavirus Disease-2019 among Healthcare Workers in Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex in Tehran, Iran
Author(s) -
Seyed Hadi Kalantar,
SM Javad Mortazavi,
Nima Bagheri,
Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi,
Alireza Moharrami,
Parastoo Ariamloo,
E Mohammadnejad,
Sheila Rasta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of orthopedics and spine trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2538-4600
pISSN - 2538-2330
DOI - 10.18502/jost.v6i2.4784
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , covid-19 , pandemic , referral , disease , medical emergency , incidence (geometry) , tertiary referral hospital , emergency medicine , family medicine , retrospective cohort study , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
Background: The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has become a significant worldwide problem since January 2019. Hospitals have spent most of their time and logistics on patients with COVID-19. During this crisis, many healthcare providers have been infected with the disease, and occasionally, some wards and operating rooms were shut down as a result. Here, we explain our experience with the healthcare staff involvement with COVID-19 in our hospital.
Methods: As a referral tertiary center, Imam Khomeini Hospital (Tehran, Iran) has 4,200 health-care workers (HCWs). From February 20, 2020 to August 21, 2020, we investigated the hospital database for COVID-19 involvement among the staff.
Results: During the study period, 973 (23%) hospital HCWs were detected with COVID-19, 378 (9%) of whom were involved between June 21 and July 21, 2020. In the orthopedic department, 20 of 43 (46%) HCWs were infected with COVID-19.
Conclusion: We believe that the increase in the incidence of the disease and higher risk of exposure is a highly noticeable factor which should be addressed by the administrative health officials.