Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among front-line healthcare workers in Northeast Brazil: a respondent-driven sampling approach.
Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de AlbuquerqueWayner Vieira de SouzaUlísses Ramos MontarroyosCresio Romeu PereiraMaria Cynthia BragaThalia Velho Barreto de AraújoRicardo Arraes de Alencar XimenesDemócrito de Barros Miranda FilhoCelia Szwarcwald LandmannPaulo Roberto Borges de Souza-JuniorMorgana do Nascimento XavierClarice Neuenschwander Lins de MoraisGabriela Diniz Militão de AlbuquerqueCristiane Campello Bresani-SalviCarolline de Araújo MarizNoemia Teixeira de Siqueira-FilhaJadson Mendonça GalindoCláudio Luiz França-NetoJessyka Mary Vasconcelos BarbosaMaria Amelia de Sousa Mascena VerasLuana Nepomuceno Gondim Costa LimaLuciane Nascimento CruzBernard Carl KendallLigia Regina Franco Sansigolo KerrCelina Maria Turchi MartelliPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
This study shows the high frequency of SARS-CoV2 infection among HCW presumably due to workplace exposures. In our setting, nursing assistant comprised the most vulnerable category. Our findings highlight the need for improving healthcare facility environments, specific training and supervision to cope with public health emergencies.