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. 2020 Jul 31;82(1):159–198. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.033

Table 1.

. Population characteristics.

Demography
Males (N = 414)
Age min
Age max
Age (median ; 95% CI)
21.9
71.9
47.45 ; 46.00–48.84
Females (N = 1085)
Age min
Age max
Age (median ; 95% CI)
21.6
72.7
43.90 ; 42.80–45.10
Type of occupation N % positive serology
Nurse, Caregiver, Dietitian, Midwife, Occupational therapist, Psychologist, Social worker 588 19.2%
Medical doctor, Dentist, Physiotherapist, Logopedist 323 11.8%
Pharmacist, Administrative staff, IT 320 9.1%
Maintenance staff, Technical services 134 16.4%
Imaging technologist, Laboratory technologist 61 6.6%
Other 17 11.0%
Not specified 56 19.6%
COVID-19 exposure (patient exposed personnel only) N % positive serology
Workers at least once exposed to COVID-19 patients 550 13.5%
Workers never exposed to COVID-19 patients 588 12.6%
Status of the workers N
Employee 1178
Self-employed 297
Not specified 24
Fields of occupation regular intermittent % positive serology
COVID inpatient unit 219 180 24.3%
Intensive care unit 111 123 13.2%
COVID emergencies 112 93 14.6%
Non-COVID emergencies 98 86 18.5%
Non-COVID inpatient unit/Other services with patient contact 800 306 14.4%
Other services without patient contact 250 67 10.5%
Not specified 146 11.0%
Procedures at risk regular intermittent % positive serology
Bronchoscopies 28 33 4.9%
Intubations 73 46 9.2%
Other* 174 39 17.4%

Legend: "Regular" means being assigned to a care unit or to perform a technical act and "intermittent" means providing voluntary or on-demand assistance to work in a care unit or to perform a technical act.

Medical procedures potentially at risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission: dental or stomatology care (N = 19); upper respiratory and digestive tract endoscopies (ENT fibroscopy, trans-esophageal ultrasound, gastroscopy) (N = 40); aerosol procedures (respiratory physiotherapy, aspirations, etc.) (N = 89); other procedures at risk (COVID smear, etc.) (N = 52).