G Nicholls, B Atkinson, K van Veldhoven, I Nicholls, M Coldwell, A Clarke, C J Atchison, A I Raja, A M Bennett, D Morgan, N Pearce, T Fletcher, E B Brickley, Y Chen
BACKGROUND: An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with an attack rate of 55% (22/40 workers) occurred at a public-facing office in England from August to September 2021. Published evidence regarding outbreaks in office workplaces remains limited. AIMS: To describe an investigation of workplace- and worker-related risk factors following an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a public-facing office. METHODS: The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) Outbreak Investigation to Understand Transmission (COVID-OUT) study undertook an investigation of the outbreak...
December 11, 2023: Occupational Medicine