Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data.
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the need to rapidly assess infection risks for healthcare workers within the hospital environment. Using data from the first year of the pandemic, we investigated whether an individual's COVID-19 test result was associated with behavioural markers derived fr...
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| author | Jared K Wilson-Aggarwal Nick Gotts Kellyn Arnold Moira J Spyer Catherine F Houlihan Eleni Nastouli Ed Manley |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the need to rapidly assess infection risks for healthcare workers within the hospital environment. Using data from the first year of the pandemic, we investigated whether an individual's COVID-19 test result was associated with behavioural markers derived from routinely collected hospital data two weeks prior to a test. The temporal and spatial context of behaviours were important, with the highest risks of infection during the first wave, for staff in contact with a greater number of patients and those with greater levels of activity on floors handling the majority of COVID-19 patients. Infection risks were higher for BAME staff and individuals working more shifts. Night shifts presented higher risks of infection between waves of COVID-19 patients. Our results demonstrate the epidemiological relevance of deriving markers of staff behaviour from electronic records, which extend beyond COVID-19 with applications for other communicable diseases and in supporting pandemic preparedness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbe2767eb40340e4af422aa050922f392025-08-20T03:46:19ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01184e028451210.1371/journal.pone.0284512Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data.Jared K Wilson-AggarwalNick GottsKellyn ArnoldMoira J SpyerCatherine F HoulihanEleni NastouliEd ManleyThe COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the need to rapidly assess infection risks for healthcare workers within the hospital environment. Using data from the first year of the pandemic, we investigated whether an individual's COVID-19 test result was associated with behavioural markers derived from routinely collected hospital data two weeks prior to a test. The temporal and spatial context of behaviours were important, with the highest risks of infection during the first wave, for staff in contact with a greater number of patients and those with greater levels of activity on floors handling the majority of COVID-19 patients. Infection risks were higher for BAME staff and individuals working more shifts. Night shifts presented higher risks of infection between waves of COVID-19 patients. Our results demonstrate the epidemiological relevance of deriving markers of staff behaviour from electronic records, which extend beyond COVID-19 with applications for other communicable diseases and in supporting pandemic preparedness.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0284512&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Jared K Wilson-Aggarwal Nick Gotts Kellyn Arnold Moira J Spyer Catherine F Houlihan Eleni Nastouli Ed Manley Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data. PLoS ONE |
| title | Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data. |
| title_full | Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data. |
| title_fullStr | Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data. |
| title_short | Assessing spatiotemporal variability in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely-collected data. |
| title_sort | assessing spatiotemporal variability in sars cov 2 infection risk for hospital workers using routinely collected data |
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