Risk Factors of Healthcare Workers With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Designated Hospital of Wuhan in China

Li Ran; Xuyu Chen; Ying Wang; Wenwen Wu; Ling Zhang; Xiaodong Tan

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa287

Risk Factors of Healthcare Workers With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Designated Hospital of Wuhan in China

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 19;71(16):2218-2221. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa287.

Authors

Li Ran¹, Xuyu Chen¹, Ying Wang², Wenwen Wu¹, Ling Zhang¹, Xiaodong Tan¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
² Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which originated in Wuhan, China, has caused many healthcare workers (HCWs) to be infected. Seventy-two HCWs manifested with acute respiratory illness were retrospectively enrolled to analyze the risk factors. The high-risk department, longer duty hours, and suboptimal hand hygiene after contacting with patients were linked to COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; healthcare workers; risk factors.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / transmission
China / epidemiology
Female
Hand Hygiene
Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
Hospitals / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Workload
Young Adult