October 5, 2020

Seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2 Antibodies in Scottish Healthcare Workers

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): health care setting

• [Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Health and social care workers in a National Health Service facility in the UK (n=2,062) were three times more likely to test positive for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, compared to a group of controls (n=231) matched for age and sex to the general population of their community (OR=3.4, 95%CI 1.9-6.2). Dentists (26%), healthcare assistants (23%) and porters (22%) were the job roles most likely to test positive. Participants working in front-line roles with COVID-19 patients were more likely to test positive than those working with patients without COVID-19 (17% vs 13%, p=0.02).

Abo-Leyah et al. (Oct 2, 2020). Seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2 Antibodies in Scottish Healthcare Workers. Preprint downloaded Oct 5 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.02.20205641