Academic Journal
Healthcare Workers' SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Four Hospital Outbreaks during Delta Variant Prevalence in Sydney, Australia
| العنوان: | Healthcare Workers' SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Four Hospital Outbreaks during Delta Variant Prevalence in Sydney, Australia |
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| المؤلفون: | Hutchinson, D, Kunasekaran, M, Stone, H, Chen, X, Quigley, A, Moa, A, Macintyre, CR |
| المساهمون: | Arulappan, Judie |
| المصدر: | urn:ISSN:2090-1429 ; urn:ISSN:2090-1437 ; Nursing Research and Practice, 2023, 1, 1806909 |
| بيانات النشر: | Hindawi |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales): UNSWorks |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 4204 Midwifery, 4205 Nursing, 42 Health Sciences, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Coronaviruses, Infection, 3 Good Health and Well Being, anzsrc-for: 4204 Midwifery, anzsrc-for: 4205 Nursing, anzsrc-for: 42 Health Sciences, anzsrc-for: 1103 Clinical Sciences, anzsrc-for: 1110 Nursing, anzsrc-for: 1117 Public Health and Health Services |
| الوصف: | Background. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infections due to occupational exposure. The use of airborne personal protective equipment (PPE) significantly reduces this risk. In June 2021, an epidemic of the Delta variant began in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Concurrent PPE guidelines, set by the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC), restricted the use of respirators. Objective. To understand the relationship of PPE guidelines with workplace-acquired HCW SARS-CoV-2 infections in different clinical settings and to examine the relationship between rates of community transmission and workplace-acquired HCW infections during the Delta outbreak in NSW. Methods. Total SARS-CoV-2 HCW infections between 13 June and 30 October 2021 (first four months of the Delta wave) were estimated from the government COVID-19 surveillance reports and compared with the surveillance reports of community transmission. In the absence of a detailed reporting of HCW infections, open-source data including news articles, media releases, and epidemiological surveillance reports were also collected. Data were extracted on HCW cases of SARS-CoV-2 from four hospitals, including the number of HCW cases (per NSW Health definition), clinical setting, PPE guidelines, and evidence of increasing local transmission. Results. SARS-CoV-2 infections in HCW identified as workplace-acquired infections (n = 177) and those without a known transmission source (n = 532) increased during the period of increasing community transmission (n = 75,014) in NSW. Four hospital COVID-19 clusters affecting 20 HCWs were identified between June and October 2021. HCW clusters occurred in general wards where staff were recommended to wear surgical masks. No workplace-acquired HCW infections were reported in these hospitals from critical care wards, where respirators were recommended during the same outbreak weeks. Conclusions. Differences in PPE policy across different wards may leave healthcare staff at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. During periods of ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/103081; https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1806909 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2023/1806909 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/103081 https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1806909 |
| Rights: | open access ; https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 ; CC BY ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.2F5855D3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2023/1806909 |
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