Open AccessHealthcare workers’ SARS-CoV-2 infection rates during the second wave of the pandemic: follow-up study
Author(s) -
Anne Mette Lund Würtz,
Martin Byskov Kinnerup,
Kirsten Pugdahl,
Vivi Schlünssen,
Jesper Medom Vestergaard,
Kent Jacob Nielsen,
Christine Cramer,
Jens Peter Bonde,
Karin Biering,
Ole Carstensen,
Karoline Kærgaard Hansen,
Annett Dalbøge,
Esben Meulengracht Flachs,
Mette Lausten Hansen,
Ane Marie Thulstrup,
Else Toft Würtz,
Mona Kjærsgaard,
Mette Wulf Christensen,
Henrik Albert Kolstad
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.4049
Subject(s) - medicine , poisson regression , pandemic , confidence interval , covid-19 , incidence (geometry) , health care , infection control , emergency medicine , demography , surgery , environmental health , population , physics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics , economics , economic growth , sociology
This study aimed to assess if, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers had increased severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection rates, following close contact with patients, co-workers and persons outside work with COVID-19.