COVID-19 prevalence among health-care workers of Gastroenterology department: An audit from a tertiary-care hospital in India.

Mahesh K Goenka Bhavik Bharat ShahUsha GoenkaSudipto S DasShivaraj AfzalpurkarMohuya MukherjeeVikram U PatilSurabhi Jajodia Gajanan Ashokrao RodgeUjjaini KhanSyamasis Bandopadhyay

Published in: JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2020)

In our setting, we observed a high COVID-19 risk for HCWs working in the Gastroenterology department, with the highest risk among the endoscopy technicians. A more stringent triaging and pretesting of patients, as well as HCWs, might decrease the risk of COVID-19. Further multicenter studies are needed to evaluate the risk and related parameters.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
patient reported outcomes