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. 2022 May 30;54(2):298–307. doi: 10.3947/ic.2022.0031

Table 3. Epidemiology and impact of healthcare workers with COVID-19.

Variables Total (%) Hospital A (%) Hospital B (%) Hospital C (%) Hospital D (%) Hospital E (%) Hospital F (%)
HCWs with COVID-19 51 (100.0) 4 (7.8) 5 (9.8) 11 (21.6) 13 (25.5) 7 (13.7) 11 (21.6)
Occupation
Doctors 5 (9.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.1) 2 (15.4) 0 (0.0) 2 (18.2)
Nurses 17 (33.3) 0 (0.0) 3 (60.0) 4 (36.4) 3 (23.1) 1 (14.3) 6 (54.5)
Caregiver 4 (7.8) 2 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (18.2)
Radiologic technician 3 (5.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (14.3) 1 (9.1)
Other HCWs 22 (43.1) 2 (50) 2 (40) 5 (45.4) 8 (61.5) 5 (71.4) 0 (0.0)
Route of contagion
Community acquired 35 (68.6) 4 (100) 3 (60.0) 11 (100) 11 (84.6) 5 (71.4) 1 (9.1)
Hospital acquired 16 (31.4) 0 (0.0) 2 (40.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (15.4) 2 (28.6) 10 (90.9)
Work unit when they were infected with COVID-19
COVID-19 ICU 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (14.3) 0 (0.0)
COVID-19 general ward 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (14.3) 0 (0.0)
Emergency room 2 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.1)
General ward 22 (43.1) 2 (50.0) 3 (60.0) 2 (18.1) 6 (46.2) 0 (0.0) 9 (81.8)
Others 25 (49.0) 2 (50.0) 2 (40.0) 8 (72.7) 7 (53.8) 5 (7.14) 1 (9.1)
Number of persons exposed to HCWs with COVID-19 1,018 (100.0) 266 (26.1) 8 (0.8) 136 (13.4) 468 (46) 90 (8.8) 50 (4.9)
Doctors 96 (9.4) 43 (16.2) 0 (0.0) 12 (8.8) 27 (5.8) 4 (4.5) 10 (20.0)
Nurses 341 (33.5) 85 (32) 3 (37.5) 44 (32.4) 129 (27.6) 66 (73.3) 14 (28.0)
Other HCWs 196 (19.3) 45 (16.9) 5 (62.5) 39 (28.7) 67 (14.3) 20 (22.2) 20 (40.0)
Patients 250 (24.6) 52 (19.5) 0 (0.0) 38 (27.9) 154 (32.9) 0 (0.0) 6 (12.0)
Guardians 98 (9.6) 25 (9.4) 0 (0.0) 3 (2.2) 70 (14.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Others 37 (3.6) 16 (6.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 21 (4.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Number of persons quarantined among persons exposed to HCWs who had COVID-19 333 (32.7) 33 (9.9) 8 (2.4) 136 (40.9) 53 (15.9) 49 (14.7) 54 (16.2)
Doctors 30 (9.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 12 (8.8) 11 (20.8) 1 (2.0) 6 (11.1)
Nurses 146 (43.9) 0 (0.0) 3 (37.5) 44 (32.4) 33 (62.3) 41 (83.7) 25 (46.3)
Other HCWs 75 (22.5) 0 (0.0) 5 (62.5) 39 (28.7) 9 (16.9) 7 (14.3) 15 (27.8)
Patients 64 (19.2) 20 (60.6) 0 (0.0) 38 (27.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (11.1)
Guardians 3 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Others 15 (4.5) 13 (39.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (3.7)
Number of secondary transmission case from HCWs who had COVID-19 1 (100) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; HCWs, healthcare workers; ICU, intensive care unit; GW, general ward; SC, screening center.