Hospital Admissions for COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers and Their Household Members

Patient-facing healthcare workers had threefold increased risk and their household members twofold increased risk for admission with COVID-19 in a large Scottish study.

Patient-facing healthcare workers are assumed to be at increased risk for infection with SARS-CoV-2. They may subsequently transmit the virus to their family members and other private contacts. A first estimate of the magnitude of this risk now comes from an analysis of 158,445 healthcare workers employed by the Scottish National Health System (79% female). Researchers assessed data on occupational roles among those admitted to hospital for COVID-19 between March 1 and June 6, 2020.

The risk for admission to hospital with COVID-19 in patient-facing, non–patient-facing, and unclassifiable healthcare workers was 0.20%, 0.07%, and 0.11%, respectively. Among those with COVID-19, the hospitalization risk was 11.5%, 7.3%, and 10.5%, respectively. …

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Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection

Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection

Hospital Admissions for COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers and Their Household Members

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