COVID-19 among workers of a comprehensive cancer centre between first and second epidemic waves (2020): a seroprevalence study in Catalonia, Spain.
Paula Peremiquel-TrillasAnna Saura-LázaroYolanda BenaventeDelphine CasabonneEva LoureiroSandra Cabrera JaimeAngela DuranLidia GarroteImmaculada BraoJordi TrelisMaica GalánFrancesc SolerJoaquim JuliàDolça CortasaMaria Ángeles DomínguezAdaia Albasanz-PuigCarlota GudiolDolors Ramírez-TarruellaJoan MuniesaJuan Pedro RivasCarles Muñoz-MontpletAna SedanoÀngel PlansBeatriz Calvo-CerradaCandela CalleAna ClopésDolors Carnicer-PontLaia Alemany VilchesEsteve FernandezPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
At the end of the first wave of the pandemic in Spain, SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Institut Català d'Oncologia HCW was lower than the reported in other Spanish hospitals. The main risk factors were sharing household with infected people and contact with COVID-19 patients and colleagues. Strengthening preventive measures and health education among HCW is fundamental.