Arvind Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Somen Kumar Pradhan, Debkumar Pal, Sonu H Subba, Binod Kumar Patro, Binod Kumar Behera, Baijayantimala Mishra, Bijayini Behera, Prasanta Raghab Mohapatra, Sourin Bhuniya, Shakti Kumar Bal, Saurav Sarkar, Jawahar S K Pillai, Sachidananda Mohanty, Batmanabane Gitanjali
In this retrospective observational study, we have performed a comparative analysis of the demographic, clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the HCWs affected with SARS-CoV-2 infection during first two waves in India. The overall prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among HCWs was found to be 15.24% (14.20-16.33) and 23.38% (22.14-25.65) during first and second waves respectively. The second wave showed an adjusted odds ratio of 0.04(0.02-0.07) and 2.09(1.49-2.93) for hospitalization and being symptomatic, respectively...
July 19, 2022: Hospital Topics