December 21, 2020

Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in a Health Care Worker Population

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): health care workers, risk factors

[Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] Risk factors for seropositivity among hospital workers (n = 1,557, seropositivity 10.8%) at an academic medical center in California were male gender, exposure to COVID-19 outside of work, working in food or environmental services, and working in COVID-19 units. Seropositive HCWs who were missed by occupational screening were more likely to be younger, work in roles without direct patient care, or have COVID-19 exposure outside of work.

Schubl et al. (Dec 19, 2020). Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in a Health Care Worker Population. Pre-print downloaded Dec 21 from https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.17.20248430v1