Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
June 7, 2021
Effectiveness of MRNA COVID-19 Vaccines among Employees in an American Healthcare System
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Vaccines and Immunity
Keywords (Tags): breakthrough infection, vaccine
- [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A study of SARS-CoV-2 infections among employees of the Cleveland Clinic Health System found that after adjusting for the slope of the epidemic curve, age, and job type, vaccination was associated with a significantly reduced risk of infection (HR = 0.03), corresponding to a vaccine effectiveness of 97.1%. Vaccine effectiveness was 89.2% at 7 days and 95.0% at 14 days after the first dose. Among 46,866 employees, 28,223 (60%) were vaccinated by the end of the study period, and only 15 (0.7%) of the 2,154 SARS-CoV-2 infections during the study occurred among those who were vaccinated.
Shrestha et al. (June 5, 2021). Effectiveness of MRNA COVID-19 Vaccines among Employees in an American Healthcare System. Pre-print downloaded Jun 7 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.02.21258231