COVID-19: Health prevention and control in non-healthcare settings

Belingheri, Michael; Paladino, María Emilia; Riva, Michele Augusto

doi:10.1093/occmed/kqaa048

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“…Furthermore, while some frontline employees are accustomed to using PPE and hindering spread of infection as part of their everyday practices, other occupational groups may be less used to such routines. 8 Understanding group differences is necessary to respond to their specific challenges now and during future pandemics, and a recent mapping of COVID-19 literature documents the knowledge gap regarding the effects of the pandemic on frontline employees' working environment and emotional responses to the crisis. 9 Therefore, we investigated COVID-19 risk management among frontline employees working within eldercare, hospital/ rehabilitation, psychiatry, childcare and ambulance service.…”

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confidence: 99%

COVID-19 risk management at the workplace, fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among frontline employees

Nabe‐Nielsen

Nilsson

Juul-Madsen³

et al. 2020

Occup Environ Med

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ObjectivesWe compared COVID-19 risk management, fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among frontline employees working within eldercare, hospital/rehabilitation, psychiatry, childcare and ambulance service and explored if group differences in fear of infection and transmission could be explained by differences in risk management. We also investigated the association of risk management with fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among eldercare personnel.MethodsWe used cross-sectional questionnaire data collected by the Danish labour union, FOA . Data were collected 5½ weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Denmark. Data for the first aim included 2623 participants. Data for the second aim included 1680 participants. All independent variables were mutually adjusted and also adjusted for sex, age, job title and region.ResultsFear of infection (49%) and fear of transmitting infection from work to the private sphere (68%) was most frequent in ambulance service. Fear of transmitting infection during work was most frequent in the eldercare (55%). Not all differences in fear of infection and transmission between the five areas of work were explained by differences in risk management. Among eldercare personnel, self-reported exposure to infection and lack of access to test was most consistently associated with fear of infection and fear of transmission, whereas lack of access to personal protective equipment was solely associated with fear of transmission.ConclusionWe have illustrated differences and similarities in COVID-19 risk management within five areas of work and provide new insights into factors associated with eldercare workers’ fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection.

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confidence: 99%

COVID-19 risk management at the workplace, fear of infection and fear of transmission of infection among frontline employees

Nabe‐Nielsen

Nilsson

Juul-Madsen³

et al. 2020

Occup Environ Med

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“…HCWs have an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 due to their close contact with patients affected by SARS-CoV-2. In our country, Italy, more than 16,000 HCWs have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least 115 physicians and 30 nurses have died after contracting coronavirus, confirming the high risk of healthcare professionals [2,3]. Further studies on this population should be conducted for understanding the reasons of increased susceptibility and high mortality in categories of HCWs.…”

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confidence: 68%

Working Schedule, Sleep Quality, and Susceptibility to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Healthcare Workers

Belingheri

Paladino

Riva

2020

Clinical Infectious Diseases

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“…Prophylaxis in the case of the pandemic caused by SARS CoV-2 consists of the isolation of infected individuals, the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, gloves, hand washing and distancing from other people, etc. 17 Unfortunately, there is now no specific vaccine against the COVID-19 virus, and treatment consists of support plus antiviral drugs and other medication, without any clear benefit having been found to date. Some drugs have been shown in phase I to inhibit viral replication in infected cells 18 and the multinational company Grifols has commenced the identification, screening and selection of donors who have recovered from COVID-19 so that they can donate plasma to produce a hyperimmune antiSARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin that, if it is effective, could be used to treat the disease.…”

Section: Evaluation Of Temporary Disability Caused By Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%