Incidence of COVID-19 Infection in Hospital Workers From March 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 Routinely Tested, Before and After Vaccination With BNT162B2

Abstract Objective To evaluate the incidence of COVID-19 infection in health care workers from the start of COVID-19 pandemic in NE of Italy, to the vaccination with BNT162b2. Materials and methods This was a retrospective cohort study. Health care workers were routinely tested for SARS-CoV-2 infections using real-time polymerase chain reaction tests in nasopharyngeal swabs. Logistic regression was used to calculate incident rate ratios (IRRs) of factors associated to COVID-19. Results A total of 4251 workers were followed-up and an annual incidence of COVID-19 of 13.6% was found. In March 2021 the incidence of infection was 4.88 and 103.55 cases for 100.000 person-days in vaccinated and non-vaccinated workers, respectively, with an adjusted IRRs of 0.05 (95% CI 0.02–0.08). Conclusions Our study evaluated the monthly incidence in health care workers in Trieste hospitals before and after the vaccination finding the protective effect of BNT162B2 vaccine in 95% of health care workers routinely tested.

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Health-Care Workers’ Perception of Reimbursement for Complex Surgical Oncology Procedures

The American Surgeon ◽

10.1177/000313482008600234 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 86 (2) ◽

pp. 140-145

Author(s):

Shoshana Levi ◽

Emily Alberto ◽

Dakota Urban ◽

Nicholas Petrelli ◽

Gregory Tiesi

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Online Survey ◽

Surgical Oncology ◽

Patient Perceptions ◽

Cancer Center ◽

Physician Reimbursement ◽

Care Workers ◽

Before And After ◽

Fee Schedule

Perception of physician reimbursement for surgical procedures is not well studied. The few existing studies illustrate that patients believe compensation to be higher than in reality. These studies focus on patient perceptions and have not assessed health-care workers’ views. Our study examined health-care workers’ perception of reimbursement for complex surgical oncology procedures. An anonymous online survey was distributed to employees at our cancer center with descriptions and illustrations of three oncology procedures—hepatectomy, gastrectomy, and pancreaticoduodenectomy. Participants estimated the Medicare fee and gave their perceived value of each procedure. Participants recorded their perception of surgeon compensation overall, both before and after revealing the Medicare fee schedule. Most of the 113 participants were physicians (33.6%) and nurses (28.3%). When blinded to the Medicare fee schedules, most felt that reimbursements were too low for all procedures (60–64%) and that surgeons were overall undercompensated (57%). Value predictions for each procedure were discordant from actual Medicare fee schedules, with overestimates up to 374 per cent. After revealing the Medicare fee schedules, 55 per cent of respondents felt that surgeons were undercompensated. Even among health-care workers, a large discrepancy exists between perceived and actual reimbursement. Revealing actual reimbursements did not alter perception on overall surgeon compensation.

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Factors associated with low tuberculosis preventive therapy prescription rates among health care workers in rural South Africa

Global Health Action ◽

10.1080/16549716.2021.1979281 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Amiya A. Ahmed ◽

Megan Grammatico ◽

Anthony P. Moll ◽

Sipho Malinga ◽

Philile Makhunga ◽

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Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Preventive Therapy ◽

Rural South ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Workers ◽

Prescription Rates ◽

Rural South Africa

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Psychological status of healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a single center observational study from Peshawar

Journal of Rehman Medical Institute ◽

10.52442/jrmi.v6i4.166 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 03-06

Author(s):

Wajeeha Qayyum ◽

Asad Khalil ◽

Mohammad Jawad ◽

Seema Ashraf

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Psychological Status ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Medical Institute ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Workers

Introduction: Infectious pandemics are a significant health risk to the general population, but much more so for the frontline health care workers tending patients at different locations. The increased workload, stress, fear, and anxiety are the burdens to be coped with by health professionals through resort to resiliency and other mechanisms.Objective: To determine the magnitude of depression / anxiety and factors associated with it in health care workers of a tertiary care hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Materials & Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar after approval from Rehman Medical Institute Research Ethics Committee. A structured questionnaire consisting of two sections was distributed by convenience sampling to health care workers in the hospital, the first part containing demographic information, and the second part consisting of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) comprised of 14 scales to assess anxiety and depression. Scoring for Normal, Borderline Abnormal, and Definitive Disorder was done as per standard criteria. Data were analyzed for descriptive statistics by SPSS 22. Results: Total 327 participants were included in the study, having mean age of 30.19 ± 7.82 years, of which 230(70.3%) were males. The majority of health care workers 226(69.1%) were suffering from disturbed mental status either in the form of Anxiety (19.9%), Depression (8%) or Mixed Disorder (41.3%). Factors associated with high disease frequency were female gender, age group 21-30 years, nursing staff, workers of ICU and Hostel residence (p value <0.05). Conclusion: COVID-19 related psychological disturbances significantly affected healthcare staff of a tertiary care hospital of Peshawar, being more evident in females, younger age groups, nurses, and ICU staff on duty.

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450: Risk Factors Associated With Contracting Novel H1N1 and the Effectiveness of the Novel H1N1 Vaccine In Preventing Influenza In Health Care Workers

Annals of Emergency Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.06.493 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. S146

Author(s):

C.D. Santos ◽

J. Vorenkamp ◽

R. Bristow

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

The Novel ◽

H1n1 Vaccine ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Care Workers

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Healthcare Workers’ Mobile Phones as a Possible Vehicle of Nosocomial Pathogens and the Role of Different Disinfectants in their Decontamination

10.51429/ejmm30304 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 29-36

Author(s):

Rana E. Elgabeery ◽

Radwa A. Eissa ◽

Sohair M. Soliman ◽

Naglaa F. Ghoname

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Mobile Phones ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Colony Count ◽

Drug Resistant ◽

University Hospitals ◽

Care Workers ◽

Before And After

Background: As Mobile Phones (MPs) aren’t cleaned routinely and have been touched during patient’s examination, they may become contaminated with hospital pathogens. Objectives: Screen MPs of Health care workers (HCWs) for pathogens and verify the effect of disinfectants in their decontamination. Methods: A questionnaire was submitted by 160 HCWs in Tanta University Hospitals. Samples were taken from their MPs and subjected to pour plate counting before and after disinfection. Standard identification and antibiotic susceptibility of isolates were done. Results: Colony count was greater in MPs used while caring for patients or inside restroom, and was less in regularly cleaned MPs. All tested disinfectants reduced the colony count significantly. Pathogens were isolated from 84.38% of samples and 36.25% of them were Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs). Conclusion: Using MPs at critical care areas and restroom may contribute to their contamination with pathogens. Regular disinfection of MPs can reduce this contamination.

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Understanding the Predictors that Contribute to Liberian Health Care Workers Feeling Protected From Ebola While at Work

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2020.52 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Kayla Enriquez ◽

Kanagasabai Udhayashankar ◽

Michelle Niescierenko

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Ebola Virus ◽

Virus Disease ◽

Infection Prevention And Control ◽

Care Workers ◽

Before And After ◽

Returning To Work ◽

Care Worker ◽

And Control

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess Liberian health care workers’ feelings around safety in returning to work in the setting of the Ebola virus disease outbreak of 2014–2015 after receiving infection prevention and control (IPC) training. Methods: Academic Consortium Combating Ebola in Liberia (ACCEL) training surveys were done at 21 public, Liberian hospitals to understand health care workers’ attitudes surrounding Ebola and whether they felt safe while at work based on multiple factors. Logistic regression was used for analysis. Results: We found that health care workers feeling safe at work during the Ebola outbreak was primarily predicted by the number of IPC/Ebola trainings received pre-ACCEL interventions. Health care workers felt increasingly safer and motivated to return to work as trainings approached 3 (OR 8, p-value < 0.001); however, more than 3 trainings resulted in decreased safety and motivation. In addition, health care workers who reported washing their hands before and after patient contact were 3.4 times more likely to understand how to protect themselves from Ebola. Conclusions: These results help to better understand the utility of repeated trainings on health care worker practice attitudes and the importance of IPC policies within hospitals, such as hand hygiene promotion and education, when coordinating humanitarian efforts.

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