Update: Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–July 16, 2020

Source avec lien : MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 69(38), 25 septembre 2020. 10.15585/mmwr.mm6938a3

Le personnel de santé est un groupe de travailleurs essentiels à risque pour la COVID-19. Les membres du personnel de santé qui sont morts de la COVID-19 avaient tendance à être de sexe masculin, asiatiques, noirs, être plus âgés ou avoir une condition médicale sous-jacent lorsque comparés aux membres du personnel de santé qui n’en sont pas morts. Les établissements de soins infirmiers et résidentiels sont les lieux de travail les plus souvent cités et les soins infirmiers sont la catégorie professionnelle la plus fréquemment atteinte de la COVID-19 dans six juridictions.

What is already known about this topic? Health care personnel (HCP) are essential workers at risk for COVID-19. What is added by this report? HCP with COVID-19 who died tended to be older, male, Asian, Black, and have an underlying medical condition when compared with HCP who did not die. Nursing and residential care facilities were the most commonly reported job setting and nursing the most common single occupation type of HCP with COVID-19 in six jurisdictions. What are the implications for public health practice? Continued surveillance is vital to understand the impact of COVID-19 on essential workers. Ensuring access to personal protective equipment and training, and practices such as universal use of face masks at work, wearing masks in the community, and observing social distancing remain critical strategies to protect HCP and those they serve.

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