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Editor, Senior Moderator
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
. 2020 Oct 30;69(43):1576-1583.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6943e3.
COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations Among Health Care Personnel - COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1-May 31, 2020
Anita K Kambhampati, Alissa C O'Halloran, Michael Whitaker, Shelley S Magill, Nora Chea, Shua J Chai, Pam Daily Kirley, Rachel K Herlihy, Breanna Kawasaki, James Meek, Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, Evan J Anderson, Kyle P Openo, Maya L Monroe, Patricia A Ryan, Sue Kim, Libby Reeg, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Richard Danila, Sarah Shrum Davis, Salina Torres, Grant Barney, Nancy L Spina, Nancy M Bennett, Christina B Felsen, Laurie M Billing, Jessica Shiltz, Melissa Sutton, Nicole West, William Schaffner, H Keipp Talbot, Ryan Chatelain, Mary Hill, Lynnette Brammer, Alicia M Fry, Aron J Hall, Jonathan M Wortham, Shikha Garg, Lindsay Kim, COVID-NET Surveillance Team
Collaborators, Affiliations
Abstract
Health care personnel (HCP) can be exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), both within and outside the workplace, increasing their risk for infection. Among 6,760 adults hospitalized during March 1-May 31, 2020, for whom HCP status was determined by the COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET), 5.9% were HCP. Nursing-related occupations (36.3%) represented the largest proportion of HCP hospitalized with COVID-19. Median age of hospitalized HCP was 49 years, and 89.8% had at least one underlying medical condition, of which obesity was most commonly reported (72.5%). A substantial proportion of HCP with COVID-19 had indicators of severe disease: 27.5% were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), 15.8% required invasive mechanical ventilation, and 4.2% died during hospitalization. HCP can have severe COVID-19-associated illness, highlighting the need for continued infection prevention and control in health care settings as well as community mitigation efforts to reduce transmission.
. 2020 Oct 30;69(43):1576-1583.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6943e3.
COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations Among Health Care Personnel - COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1-May 31, 2020
Anita K Kambhampati, Alissa C O'Halloran, Michael Whitaker, Shelley S Magill, Nora Chea, Shua J Chai, Pam Daily Kirley, Rachel K Herlihy, Breanna Kawasaki, James Meek, Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, Evan J Anderson, Kyle P Openo, Maya L Monroe, Patricia A Ryan, Sue Kim, Libby Reeg, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Richard Danila, Sarah Shrum Davis, Salina Torres, Grant Barney, Nancy L Spina, Nancy M Bennett, Christina B Felsen, Laurie M Billing, Jessica Shiltz, Melissa Sutton, Nicole West, William Schaffner, H Keipp Talbot, Ryan Chatelain, Mary Hill, Lynnette Brammer, Alicia M Fry, Aron J Hall, Jonathan M Wortham, Shikha Garg, Lindsay Kim, COVID-NET Surveillance Team
Collaborators, Affiliations
- PMID: 33119554
- DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6943e3
Abstract
Health care personnel (HCP) can be exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), both within and outside the workplace, increasing their risk for infection. Among 6,760 adults hospitalized during March 1-May 31, 2020, for whom HCP status was determined by the COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET), 5.9% were HCP. Nursing-related occupations (36.3%) represented the largest proportion of HCP hospitalized with COVID-19. Median age of hospitalized HCP was 49 years, and 89.8% had at least one underlying medical condition, of which obesity was most commonly reported (72.5%). A substantial proportion of HCP with COVID-19 had indicators of severe disease: 27.5% were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), 15.8% required invasive mechanical ventilation, and 4.2% died during hospitalization. HCP can have severe COVID-19-associated illness, highlighting the need for continued infection prevention and control in health care settings as well as community mitigation efforts to reduce transmission.