PMID- 33612486
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210709
LR  - 20210709
IS  - 0974-7559 (Electronic)
IS  - 0019-6061 (Print)
IS  - 0019-6061 (Linking)
VI  - 58
IP  - 6
DP  - 2021 Jun 15
TI  - Characteristics and Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers in a 
      Pediatric COVID-Care Hospital in Mumbai.
PG  - 568-571
LID - S097475591600288 [pii]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if Healthcare workers (HCWs) at the frontline of COVID-19 
      response in a pediatric hospital are at an increased risk of acquiring 
      SARS-CoV-2. METHODS: The Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC) and virology 
      testing records were combined to identify SARS-CoV-2 positive HCWs and study the 
      transmission dynamics of COVID-19 over 6 months. RESULTS: COVID-19 cases in our 
      HCWs cohort rose and declined parallel to community cases. Forty two out of 534 
      HCWs (8%) were SARS-CoV-2 positive with no fatalities. No clinical staff in the 
      special COVID ward or ICU was positive. Significant proportion of non-clinical 
      staff (30%) were SARS-CoV-2 positive. About 70% of SARS-CoV-2 positive staff had 
      likely community acquisition, with a significant proportion having travelled by 
      public transport or having a contact history with a positive case in the 
      community. Twenty four percent of positive staff were asymptomatic and detected 
      positive on re-joining test. CONCLUSIONS: Sustained transmission of SARS-CoV-2 
      did not occur in our cohort beyond community transmission. Appropriate PPE use, 
      strict and constantly improving infection control measures and testing of both 
      clinical and non-clinical staff were essential methods for restricting 
      transmission amongst HCWs.
FAU - Pandrowala, Ambreen
AU  - Pandrowala A
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, SRCC Children's Hospital managed by Narayana Health, 
      Mumbai, Maharashtra. Correspondence to: Dr Ambreen Pandrowala, Department of 
      Pediatrics, SRCC Children's Hospital, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai 400 034, India. 
      apandrowala@gmail.com.
FAU - Shaikh, Shaheen
AU  - Shaikh S
AD  - Department of Microbiology, SRCC Children's Hospital managed by Narayana Health, 
      Mumbai, Maharashtra.
FAU - Balsekar, Mahesh
AU  - Balsekar M
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, SRCC Children's Hospital managed by Narayana Health, 
      Mumbai, Maharashtra.
FAU - Kirolkar, Suverna
AU  - Kirolkar S
AD  - Department of Microbiology, SRCC Children's Hospital managed by Narayana Health, 
      Mumbai, Maharashtra.
FAU - Udani, Soonu
AU  - Udani S
AD  - Department of Critical Care and Emergency Services, SRCC Children's Hospital 
      managed by Narayana Health, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200219
PL  - India
TA  - Indian Pediatr
JT  - Indian pediatrics
JID - 2985062R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - COVID-19/*diagnosis/epidemiology/*transmission
MH  - Child
MH  - Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control/*statistics & numerical 
      data
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Personnel/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Hospitals, Pediatric
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infection Control
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Personal Protective Equipment
MH  - SARS-CoV-2
PMC - PMC8253679
EDAT- 2021/02/23 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/10 06:00
PMCR- 2021/07/03
CRDT- 2021/02/22 05:50
PHST- 2021/02/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/10 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/02/22 05:50 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/07/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S097475591600288 [pii]
AID - 2243 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s13312-021-2243-1 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian Pediatr. 2021 Jun 15;58(6):568-571. doi: 10.1007/s13312-021-2243-1. Epub 
      2020 Feb 19.