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Editor, Senior Moderator
Glob Health Med
. 2023 Feb 28;5(1):5-14.
doi: 10.35772/ghm.2022.01060.
Specific COVID-19 risk behaviors and the preventive effect of personal protective equipment among healthcare workers in Japan
Reiko Shimbashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Teiichiro Shiino[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Akira Ainai[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Saya Moriyama[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Satoru Arai[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Saeko Morino[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sayaka Takanashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takeshi Arashiro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Motoi Suzuki[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yukimasa Matsuzawa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kenichiro Kato[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Mitsuru Hasegawa[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Rie Koshida[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Masami Kitaoka[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Takafumi Ueno[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Hidefumi Shimizu[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Hiroyoshi Yuki[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Tomoko Takeda[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Kashiya Takasugi[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Shun Iida[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tomoe Shimada[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Hirofumi Kato[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Tsuguto Fujimoto[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Naoko Iwata-Yoshikawa[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kaori Sano[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Souichi Yamada[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Yudai Kuroda[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Kazu Okuma[SUP] 19 20 [/SUP], Kiyoko Nojima[SUP] 19 [/SUP], Noriyo Nagata[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Shuetsu Fukushi[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Ken Maeda[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Yoshimasa Takahashi[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Tadaki Suzuki[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Makoto Ohnishi[SUP] 21 [/SUP], Keiko Tanaka-Taya[SUP] 1 22 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks in healthcare facilities are a serious public health concern, we performed a case-control study to investigate the risk of COVID-19 infection in healthcare workers. We collected data on participants' sociodemographic characteristics, contact behaviors, installation status of personal protective equipment, and polymerase chain reaction testing results. We also collected whole blood and assessed seropositivity using the electrochemiluminescence immunoassay and microneutralization assay. In total, 161 (8.5%) of 1,899 participants were seropositive between August 3 and November 13, 2020. Physical contact (adjusted odds ratio 2.4, 95% confidence interval 1.1-5.6) and aerosol-generating procedures (1.9, 1.1-3.2) were associated with seropositivity. Using goggles (0.2, 0.1-0.5) and N95 masks (0.3, 0.1-0.8) had a preventive effect. Seroprevalence was higher in the outbreak ward (18.6%) than in the COVID-19 dedicated ward (1.4%). Results showed certain specific risk behaviors of COVID-19; proper infection prevention practices reduced these risks.
Keywords: personal protective equipment; risk factors; seroepidemiology.
. 2023 Feb 28;5(1):5-14.
doi: 10.35772/ghm.2022.01060.
Specific COVID-19 risk behaviors and the preventive effect of personal protective equipment among healthcare workers in Japan
Reiko Shimbashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Teiichiro Shiino[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Akira Ainai[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Saya Moriyama[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Satoru Arai[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Saeko Morino[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sayaka Takanashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takeshi Arashiro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Motoi Suzuki[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yukimasa Matsuzawa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kenichiro Kato[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Mitsuru Hasegawa[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Rie Koshida[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Masami Kitaoka[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Takafumi Ueno[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Hidefumi Shimizu[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Hiroyoshi Yuki[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Tomoko Takeda[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Kashiya Takasugi[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Shun Iida[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Tomoe Shimada[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Hirofumi Kato[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Tsuguto Fujimoto[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Naoko Iwata-Yoshikawa[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kaori Sano[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Souichi Yamada[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Yudai Kuroda[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Kazu Okuma[SUP] 19 20 [/SUP], Kiyoko Nojima[SUP] 19 [/SUP], Noriyo Nagata[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Shuetsu Fukushi[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Ken Maeda[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Yoshimasa Takahashi[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Tadaki Suzuki[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Makoto Ohnishi[SUP] 21 [/SUP], Keiko Tanaka-Taya[SUP] 1 22 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36865900
- PMCID: PMC9974228
- DOI: 10.35772/ghm.2022.01060
Abstract
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks in healthcare facilities are a serious public health concern, we performed a case-control study to investigate the risk of COVID-19 infection in healthcare workers. We collected data on participants' sociodemographic characteristics, contact behaviors, installation status of personal protective equipment, and polymerase chain reaction testing results. We also collected whole blood and assessed seropositivity using the electrochemiluminescence immunoassay and microneutralization assay. In total, 161 (8.5%) of 1,899 participants were seropositive between August 3 and November 13, 2020. Physical contact (adjusted odds ratio 2.4, 95% confidence interval 1.1-5.6) and aerosol-generating procedures (1.9, 1.1-3.2) were associated with seropositivity. Using goggles (0.2, 0.1-0.5) and N95 masks (0.3, 0.1-0.8) had a preventive effect. Seroprevalence was higher in the outbreak ward (18.6%) than in the COVID-19 dedicated ward (1.4%). Results showed certain specific risk behaviors of COVID-19; proper infection prevention practices reduced these risks.
Keywords: personal protective equipment; risk factors; seroepidemiology.