SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS

Objective: To determine clinical presentations and source among severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 positive health care workers of tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Mar to Jun 2020...

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Autores principales:	Syed Waqar Abbas, Shoaib Ahmed, Syeda Fatimah Zareen, Sadia Fatima, Nusrat Rehan, Wajid Hussain
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	covid-19 health care workers (hcws) nasopharyngeal oropharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1ea94e2200bb4a14940bdd48e742f84c2021-11-05T02:40:44ZSARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/1ea94e2200bb4a14940bdd48e742f84c2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/4784/3077https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To determine clinical presentations and source among severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 positive health care workers of tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Mar to Jun 2020. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted by using a questionnaire for risk assessment regarding exposure to Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus and practices of participants. Health care workers who were exposed or had fever, cough, shortness of breath, were asked to undergo semi-quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction test for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 on nasopharyngeal and oro-pharyngeal swabs. Results: Out of the 92 health care workers who tested positive, 80/92 (86.95%) were males, 12/92 (13.04%) females. Asymptomatic cases were 53/92 (57.60%) and 39/92 (42.40%) were symptomatic, 10/92 (10.8%) of the participants were doctors, 06/92 (6.52%) nurses, 36/92 (39.14%) paramedics and 40/92 (43.47%) were hospital auxiliary staff. Among symptomatic cases, 28/39 (71.79%) developed fever with myalgia, 22/39 fever alone, 23/39 (58.97%) headache, 13/39 (33%) sore throat, 15/39 (38%) runny nose, 11/39 (28.20%) mild shortness of breath on exertion, 7/39 (17.94%) diarrhea and 5/39 (12.82%) experienced loss of taste. Conclusion: As the Corona Virus Disease 2019 pandemic continues, chances of health care workers getting infected are high so it is critical to improve the knowledge of Health care workers. Educational interventions and further studies are warranted in this regard.Syed Waqar AbbasShoaib AhmedSyeda Fatimah ZareenSadia FatimaNusrat RehanWajid HussainArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlecovid-19health care workers (hcws)nasopharyngealoropharyngeal swabpolymerase chain reactionMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 6, Pp 1864-1869 (2020)
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spellingShingle	covid-19 health care workers (hcws) nasopharyngeal oropharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Syed Waqar Abbas Shoaib Ahmed Syeda Fatimah Zareen Sadia Fatima Nusrat Rehan Wajid Hussain SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
description	Objective: To determine clinical presentations and source among severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 positive health care workers of tertiary care hospital. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi, from Mar to Jun 2020. Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted by using a questionnaire for risk assessment regarding exposure to Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) virus and practices of participants. Health care workers who were exposed or had fever, cough, shortness of breath, were asked to undergo semi-quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction test for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 on nasopharyngeal and oro-pharyngeal swabs. Results: Out of the 92 health care workers who tested positive, 80/92 (86.95%) were males, 12/92 (13.04%) females. Asymptomatic cases were 53/92 (57.60%) and 39/92 (42.40%) were symptomatic, 10/92 (10.8%) of the participants were doctors, 06/92 (6.52%) nurses, 36/92 (39.14%) paramedics and 40/92 (43.47%) were hospital auxiliary staff. Among symptomatic cases, 28/39 (71.79%) developed fever with myalgia, 22/39 fever alone, 23/39 (58.97%) headache, 13/39 (33%) sore throat, 15/39 (38%) runny nose, 11/39 (28.20%) mild shortness of breath on exertion, 7/39 (17.94%) diarrhea and 5/39 (12.82%) experienced loss of taste. Conclusion: As the Corona Virus Disease 2019 pandemic continues, chances of health care workers getting infected are high so it is critical to improve the knowledge of Health care workers. Educational interventions and further studies are warranted in this regard.
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author	Syed Waqar Abbas Shoaib Ahmed Syeda Fatimah Zareen Sadia Fatima Nusrat Rehan Wajid Hussain
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title	SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
title_short	SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
title_full	SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
title_fullStr	SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
title_full_unstemmed	SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
title_sort	sars-cov-2 among front line health care workers
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
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SARS-CoV-2 AMONG FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS

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