Echeverría Patricia, Puig Jordi, Ruiz José María, Herms Jordi, Sarquella Maria, Clotet Bonaventura, Negredo Eugenia
Infectious Diseases Department & Lluita Contra la Sida Foundation, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Doolehealth S.L. Digital Health Department, 08500 Barcelona, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 24;19(1):167. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010167.
COVIDApp is a platform created for management of COVID-19 in the workplace. COVIDApp was designed and implemented for the follow-up of 253 workers from seven companies in Catalonia. The assessment was based on two actions: first, the early detection and management of close contacts and potential cases of COVID-19, and second, the rapid remote activation of protocols. The main objectives of this strategy were to minimize the risk of transmission of COVID-19 infection in the work area through a new real-time communication channel and to avoid unnecessary sick leave. The parameters reported daily by workers were close contact with COVID cases and signs and/or symptoms of COVID-19. Data were recorded between 1 May and 30 November 2020. A total of 765 alerts were activated by 76 workers: 127 green alarms (16.6%), 301 orange alarms (39.3%), and 337 red alarms (44.1%). Of all the red alarms activated, 274 (81.3%) were activated for symptoms potentially associated with COVID-19, and 63 (18.7%) for reporting close contact with COVID-19 cases. Only eight workers (3.1%) presented symptoms associated with COVID-19 infection. All of these workers underwent RT-PCR tests, which yielded negative results for SARS-CoV2. Three workers were considered to have had a risk contact with COVID-19 cases; only 1 (0.4%) asymptomatic worker had a positive RT-PCR test result, requiring the activation of protocols, isolation, and contact tracing. COVIDApp contributes to the early detection and rapid activation of protocols in the workplace, thus limiting the risk of spreading the virus and reducing the economic impact caused by COVID-19 in the productive sector. The platform shows the progression of infection in real time and can help design new strategies.
COVIDApp是一个为在工作场所管理新冠疫情而创建的平台。COVIDApp是为跟踪加泰罗尼亚七家公司的253名员工而设计和实施的。评估基于两项行动：第一，对新冠密切接触者和潜在病例进行早期检测和管理；第二，快速远程启动相关规程。该策略的主要目标是通过一个新的实时通信渠道将工作区域内新冠病毒感染的传播风险降至最低，并避免不必要的病假。员工每天报告的参数为与新冠病例的密切接触以及新冠病毒的体征和/或症状。数据记录时间为2020年5月1日至11月30日。76名员工共激活了765次警报：127次绿色警报（16.6%）、301次橙色警报（39.3%）和337次红色警报（44.1%）。在所有激活的红色警报中，274次（81.3%）是因可能与新冠病毒相关的症状而激活，63次（18.7%）是因报告与新冠病例密切接触而激活。只有8名员工（3.1%）出现了与新冠病毒感染相关的症状。所有这些员工都接受了逆转录聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）检测，结果显示新冠病毒呈阴性。有三名员工被认为与新冠病例有风险接触；只有一名无症状员工的RT-PCR检测结果呈阳性，需要启动相关规程、进行隔离和接触者追踪。COVIDApp有助于在工作场所早期检测并快速启动相关规程，从而限制病毒传播风险，减少新冠疫情对生产部门造成的经济影响。该平台能实时显示感染进展情况，并有助于制定新策略。
