Assessment of the characteristics of COVID-19 infection among healthcare personnel working in long-term care facilities

Armaghan-E-Rehman Mansoor; Caroline A O'Neil; David McDonald; Victoria J Fraser; Hilary M Babcock; Jennie H Kwon; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.72

Assessment of the characteristics of COVID-19 infection among healthcare personnel working in long-term care facilities

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 May 8;4(1):e81. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.72. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Armaghan-E-Rehman Mansoor¹, Caroline A O'Neil¹, David McDonald¹, Victoria J Fraser², Hilary M Babcock¹, Jennie H Kwon¹; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Abstract

Between May and June 2021, healthcare personnel at two long-term care facilities underwent SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid immunoglobulin G testing and completed a survey on COVID-19 exposures and symptoms. Antibody positivity rate was 8.9%. Similar rates of COVID-19 exposure occurred in non-occupational and occupational settings, with high self-reported adherence to workplace infection prevention practices.