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. 2022 Mar;43(3):381-386.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.54. Epub 2021 Feb 9.

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  1   2 , Carly Adams  3 , Amy C Sherman  4   5 , William C Dube  1 , Teresa C Smith  3 , Neena Edupuganti  4 , Nora Chea  6 , Shelley S Magill  6 , Daniel O Espinoza  4 , Yerun Zhu  4 , Varun K Phadke  1   4 , Srilatha Edupuganti  1   4 , James P Steinberg  1 , Benjamin A Lopman  3 , Jesse T Jacob  1   2   3 , Matthew H Collins  1   4 , Scott K Fridkin  1   2   3
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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 et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

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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