SARS-COV-2 PCR Test Positive Healthcare Workers and Their Contact Tracing at the Hospital.

Q2 Medicine

Hospital Topics Pub Date : 2025-06-30 DOI:10.1080/00185868.2025.2524798

Semiha Solak Grassie, Ferhat Baş, Egemen Ünal

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Abstract

Introduction: Many healthcare workers have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These infected healthcare workers had contacts, some of whom later developed COVID-19. We aim to investigate the risks of contact and infection in different departments and professions in the hospital.

Methods: From April 2020 to September 2021, healthcare workers with COVID-19 were investigated from the follow-up files, respectively. The follow-up files included information on healthcare workers with COVID-19, as well as their contacts, contact patterns, and test results after 7 days of contact follow-up. The relationship between the occupations, the departments, COVID-19 patient care, and the contacts' degree, types, and test results was investigated.

Results: A total of 464 healthcare workers were SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive. While 230 (49.6%) healthcare workers had no contacts, 234 had 1094 contacts. The contact numbers were related to their occupation and department (p 0.028, 0.001). The cleaning staff had the highest contacts per person. Among all contacts, 112 (10.23%) were high risk, and 363 (33.18%) were social contacts. Healthcare workers providing healthcare to COVID-19 patients had a lower risk for high risk and social contacts, and after follow-up, COVID-19 infection (p 0.005, p 0.001, and p 0.017). After social contacts, healthcare workers had more COVID-19 infections than work-related contacts (p 0.00).

Conclusion: COVID-19 was most prevalent among non-healthcare workers. Non-healthcare departments had the highest contact numbers. Social contacts had a higher risk of infection. Social areas, non-healthcare-related workers, and workers who did not provide healthcare to COVID-19 patients had a higher risk of COVID-19.

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SARS-COV-2 PCR检测阳性医护人员及其在医院的接触者追踪

导语：许多医护人员感染了SARS-CoV-2病毒。这些受感染的医护人员有接触者，其中一些人后来患上了COVID-19。我们的目的是调查医院不同科室和专业的接触和感染风险。方法：对2020年4月至2021年9月期间感染COVID-19的医护人员分别进行随访调查。随访文件包括感染COVID-19的卫生保健工作者的信息，以及他们的接触者、接触模式和接触者随访7天后的检测结果。调查职业、科室、COVID-19患者护理与接触者程度、类型、检测结果的关系。结果：共有464名医护人员SARS-CoV-2 pcr阳性。230名（49.6%）医护人员无接触，234名有1094名接触者。联系电话与职业、科室相关（p = 0.028, 0.001）。清洁人员的人均接触次数最高。其中高危接触者112人（10.23%），社会接触者363人（33.18%）。为COVID-19患者提供医疗服务的医护人员感染高危人群和社会接触者的风险较低，随访后感染COVID-19的风险较低（p 0.005、p 0.001和p 0.017）。社会接触后，医护人员感染人数高于工作接触者（p < 0.05）。结论：COVID-19在非卫生保健工作者中最流行。非医疗保健部门的联系电话最高。社会接触者感染的风险更高。社会领域、非卫生保健相关工作人员以及未向COVID-19患者提供卫生保健的工作人员的COVID-19风险较高。

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Hospital Topics Medicine-Medicine (all)

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期刊介绍： Hospital Topics is the longest continuously published healthcare journal in the United States. Since 1922, Hospital Topics has provided healthcare professionals with research they can apply to improve the quality of access, management, and delivery of healthcare. Dedicated to those who bring healthcare to the public, Hospital Topics spans the whole spectrum of healthcare issues including, but not limited to information systems, fatigue management, medication errors, nursing compensation, midwifery, job satisfaction among managers, team building, and bringing primary care to rural areas. Through articles on theory, applied research, and practice, Hospital Topics addresses the central concerns of today"s healthcare professional and leader.