Singhal Tanu, Shah Sweta, Naik Reshma, Kazi Amreen, Thakkar Pooja
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Indian J Med Microbiol. 2020 Jul-Dec;38(3 & 4):461-463. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_308.
Healthcare worker (HCW) infections due to COVID-19 are of serious consequence. Testing for antibodies against COVID-19 in HCWs has been previously recommended. We conducted a serosurvey in HCWs at a private hospital in Mumbai which is treating COVID patients. A total of 244 HCWs were tested. The prevalence of infection in asymptomatic HCWs was 4.3% and in previously symptomatic untested HCWs was 70%. We recommend that HCWs with a previous history of COVID symptoms who were not tested/tested negative by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction should be tested for antibodies at least 2 weeks after onset of symptoms.
医护人员因感染新冠病毒而导致的感染会产生严重后果。此前已建议对医护人员进行新冠病毒抗体检测。我们在孟买一家收治新冠患者的私立医院对医护人员进行了血清学调查。总共对244名医护人员进行了检测。无症状医护人员的感染率为4.3%，此前有症状但未检测的医护人员的感染率为70%。我们建议，有新冠症状既往史但逆转录-聚合酶链反应检测未进行/检测为阴性的医护人员，应在症状出现后至少2周进行抗体检测。
