Table 4.
Factors associated with occurrence of at least one Sars-COV-2 positive healthcare worker during the first month of outbreak in 180 endoscopy centers in Italy*.
| Centers with positive healthcare workers |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Investigated factors | Non = 145 | yesn = 35 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Geographic macro-area | |||
| North-West | 34 (23.5) | 18 (51.4) | 1.0 |
| North-East | 28 (19.3) | 10 (28.6) | 0.95 (0.34–2.65) |
| Center | 34 (23.5) | 5 (14.3) | 0.51 (0.15–1.72) |
| South and Islands | 49 (33.8) | 2 (5.7) | 0.13 (0.25–0.63) |
| Practice setting | |||
| Community hospital | 103 (71) | 25 (71.4) | 1.0 |
| University hospital | 21 (14.5) | 7 (20) | 1.18 (0.40–3.51) |
| Private clinic | 21 (14.5) | 3 (8.6) | 0.54 (0.13–2.21) |
| Involvement of HCWs in a COVID-19 team | |||
| No | 99 (68.3) | 9 (25.7) | 1.0 |
| Yes | 46 (31.7) | 26 (74.3) | 4.96 (1.97–12.51) |
| Availability of a negative pressure room | |||
| No | 111 (76.6) | 23 (65.7) | 1.0 |
| Yes | 34 (23.5) | 12 (34.3) | 1.40 (0.54–3.63) |
| Training courses for dressing and undressing PPEs | |||
| Yes | 88 (60.7) | 19 (54.3) | 1.0 |
| No | 57 (39.3) | 16 (45.7) | 2.65 (1.07–6.53) |
| Use of FFP2 or FFP3 masks for all patients | |||
| Yes | 67 (46.2) | 24 (68.6) | 1.0 |
| No | 78 (53.8) | 11 (31.4) | 0.52 (0.21–1.30) |
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21 centers are not included in the present analysis as some data were missing.