SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance among Healthcare Personnel
Summary
Goals & Objectives:
- Determine the extent of COVID-19 among healthcare personnel (HCP) working in U.S. acute care hospitals (ACH) or other healthcare facilities;
- Describe characteristics of HCP exposed to or infected with SARS-CoV-2, including clinical activities and personal protective equipment (PPE) use;
Activities
In CT, tracking of SARS-Co-V-2 infections among healthcare personnel (HCP) began in May 2020. Hospitals under surveillance in CT include the CT facilities of two health systems in the state. Yale EIP staff work with health system staff to identify HCP diagnosed with COVID-19. HCP with COVID-19 who agree to be contacted are interviewed to collect demographics, underlying medical conditions, roles in healthcare facilities, locations of work in the healthcare facility, locations of exposures (including community exposures), activities during exposures, PPE used during Covid-19 patient care, source control in patients, and duration of exposures. Yale EIP staff also collect denominator information from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) or the health system on total number of HCPs in the health system stratified by characteristics such as job category and facility, where possible.
Data will be shared with each participating facility as well as aggregated and shared with CDC for further analysis.
Publications
To come.
Related Links
Project Contact
Monica Brackney, MS
Program Manager, HPV-IMPACT
Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
One Church Street, 7th floor
New Haven, CT 06510
203-737-6978
Staff
Adeline Morris