The management of the Grand Hôpital de Charleroi hospital authorized the performance of a serology for each member of the establishment's staff in order to better characterize the proportion of its employees who have already been in contact with the SARS CoV-2 virus for organizational and evaluation purposes symptoms.
At the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, several workers had symptoms compatible with COVID-19 at a time when PCR (smear) testing was only allowed for hospitalized people. In addition, the PCR test has a fairly low sensitivity. In this context, serology can make it possible to determine whether the symptoms are indeed linked to exposure to SARS-CoV-2. As a hospital, and in order to prepare for a possible second epidemic wave, it is also useful to know the proportion of staff members who have already been in contact with the virus for organizational purposes and symptom assessment. .
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
2,817
Each participant will have a blood test on a dry tube of maximum 8 ml of whole blood
Grand Hôpital de Charleroi
Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium
Serological tests to know the level of antibodies against SARS CoV-2
The hospital has organized several schedules and appointments for each staff member depending on the ability to analyze laboratory samples and blood draws.
Time frame: up to 6 weeks
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