All health care workers at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at UMC Ljubljana will be tested for SARS-CoV2 with nasal swab test and blood withdrawal for SARS-CoV2 antibodies. At the same time a questionnaire with epidemiological anamnesis, risky contacts and the use of personal protective equipment will be fulfilled.
Health care workers at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at UMC Ljubljana are working with COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, operating theaters, wards and emergency department. In the care of those patients different workgroups are involved: anesthesiologists, anesthesia and ICU nurses and respiratory therapeuts.There is insufficient data on the seroprevalence in different workgroups, different areas of the hospital, insufficient data on connection between SARS-CoV2 nasal swabs and antibodies and the rate of asymptomatic infections. 300 hundred HCW will be tested for SARS-CoV2 with nasal swab test and blood withdrawal for SARS-CoV2 antibodies. At the same time a questionnaire with epidemiological anamnesis, risky contacts and the use of personal protective equipment will be filled.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
300
SARS-CoV2 nasal swab and venous blood for SARS-CoV2 antibodies
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
positive nasal swab and serological test
Rate of positive nasal swab and serological tests for SARS-CoV2 among health care workers
Time frame: 2 months
Relation of positive SARS-CoV2 tests to risky contact history
Relation of positive SARS-CoV2 tests to history of contacts with COVID-19 infected patients since the beginning of pandemia
Time frame: 8 months
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