Risk Factors for Healthcare Personnel Infection With Endemic Coronaviruses (HKU1, OC43, NL63, 229E) : Results from the Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial (ResPECT)

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BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) presents a large risk to healthcare personnel (HCP). Quantifying the risk of coronavirus infection associated with workplace activities is an urgent need.

METHODS: We assessed the association of worker characteristics, occupational roles and behaviors, and participation in procedures with the risk of endemic coronavirus infection among HCP who participated in the Respiratory Protection Effectiveness Clinical Trial (ResPECT), a cluster randomized trial to assess personal protective equipment to prevent respiratory infections and illness conducted from 2011 to 2016.

RESULTS: Among 4689 HCP seasons, we detected coronavirus infection in 387 (8%). HCP who participated in an aerosol-generating procedure (AGP) at least once during the viral respiratory season were 105% (95% confidence interval, 21%-240%) more likely to be diagnosed with a laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infection. Younger individuals, those who saw pediatric patients, and those with household members <5 years of age were at increased risk of coronavirus infection.

CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis suggests that the risk of HCP becoming infected with an endemic coronavirus increases approximately 2-fold with exposures to AGPs. Our findings may be relevant to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; however, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may differ from endemic coronaviruses in important ways.

CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: NCT01249625.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2021 Feb;21(1):e1-e3. - PMID 33777417

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 73(2021), 11 vom: 06. Dez., Seite e4428-e4432

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cummings, Derek A T [VerfasserIn]
Radonovich, Lewis J [VerfasserIn]
Gorse, Geoffrey J [VerfasserIn]
Gaydos, Charlotte A [VerfasserIn]
Bessesen, Mary T [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Alexandria C [VerfasserIn]
Gibert, Cynthia L [VerfasserIn]
Hitchings, Matthew D T [VerfasserIn]
Lessler, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Nyquist, Ann-Christine [VerfasserIn]
Rattigan, Susan M [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C [VerfasserIn]
Price, Connie Savor [VerfasserIn]
Reich, Nicholas G [VerfasserIn]
Simberkoff, Michael S [VerfasserIn]
Perl, Trish M [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

229E
Aerosol generating procedure
Coronavirus
HKU1
Journal Article
NL63
OC43
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Risk factors

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01249625

CommentIn: Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2021 Feb;21(1):e1-e3. - PMID 33777417

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciaa900

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312219490