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http://conacyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1000/7265| Low Incidence and Mortality by SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Workers in a Health National Center in Mexico: Successful Establishment of an Occupational Medicine Program | |
| Miguel Angel Salazar Lezama LESLIE CHAVEZ GALAN Armando Castorena-Maldonado Maribel Mateo Alonso Nadia Otilia Díaz Vázquez Ana María Vega Martínez Jose arturo Martinez orozco EDUARDO BECERRIL Fernando Manuel Sosa Gómez Hilda Patiño Gallegos Delfino Alonso Martínez Enrique López Segundo Fernando Vidal Martínez Luis Joan Velasco González Silvia Pérez Pulido patricio santillan_doherty JUSTINO REGALADO PINEDA JORGE SALAS HERNANDEZ IVETTE BUENDIA ROLDAN | |
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| https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.651144 | |
| https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.651144/full#supplementary-material | |
| Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Healthcare workers (HCWs) constitute a population which is significantly affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection worldwide. In Mexico, the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias (INER) is the principal national reference of respiratory diseases. Aim: To evaluate the efficiency of the INER-POL-TRAB-COVID19 program to mitigate the SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among the INER-healthcare workers (INER-HCW). Methods: Currently, the INER has 250 beds and 200 respiratory ventilators to support COVID-19 patients in critical condition. On March 1st, 2020, the INER-POL-TRAB-COVID19 program was launched to mitigate the SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among the INER-HCW. Findings: From March 1st to October 1st, 2020, 71.5% of INER-HCWs were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection, and 77% of them were frontline workers. Among the tested INER-HCWs, 10.4% were positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nonetheless, nosocomial infection represented only 3.8% of the cases and the mortality was null. Fifty-three of INER-HCWs positive to SARS-CoV-2 had a negative test 42–56 days post-diagnosis and were returned to service. Finally, although a change in the PPE implemented on May 11th, 2020, the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was not affected. Conclusion: INER has a lower incidence of HCWs infected with SARS-CoV-2 as compared to the mean of the national report. The implementation of the INER-POL-TRAB-COVID19 program is efficient to decrease the risk of infection among the HCWs. Our findings suggest that the implementation of a similar program at a national level can be helpful to provide a safe environment to HCWs and to prevent the collapse of health institutions. | |
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| 13-04-2021 | |
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| Epidemia COVID-19 | |
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| Salazar MÁ, Chavez-Galan L, Castorena-Maldonado A, Mateo-Alonso M, Diaz-Vazquez NO, Vega-Martínez AM, Martínez-Orozco JA, Becerril-Vargas E, Sosa-Gómez FM, Patiño-Gallegos H, Alonso-Martínez D, López-Segundo E, Vidal F, Velasco-González LJ, Pérez-Pulido S, Santillán-Doherty P, Regalado-Pineda J, Salas-Hernández J and Buendía-Roldán I (2021) Low Incidence and Mortality by SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Healthcare Workers in a Health National Center in Mexico: Successful Establishment of an Occupational Medicine Program. Front. Public Health 9:651144. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.651144 | |
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