Determinants of Risk for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Healthcare Workers

Known community exposure to COVID-19, higher community incidence, and Black race were associated with excess risk for seropositivity among healthcare workers.

Understanding the risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers (HCWs) is necessary to design policies for limiting such infection. In the first of two studies, researchers recruited 30,000 employees and medical staff at an 11-hospital academic medical system based in Atlanta, Georgia, to undergo serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2. Participants also completed a survey assessing COVID-19 exposures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE). In a second study, the same researchers expanded the results to include three additional healthcare systems in Maryland and Illinois.

In the first study, 10,275 of 30,000 employees and staff agreed to participate. Most (77.6%) were female and 30% were Black. After accounting for the impe…

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Daniel Kaul, MD

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Grant/Research SupportNobelpharma; Pfizer

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society of Transplantation (Program Committee)

Daniel Kaul, MD

Disclosures

Grant/Research SupportNobelpharma; Pfizer

Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesAmerican Society of Transplantation (Program Committee)

Determinants of Risk for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Healthcare Workers

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