대한의료관련감염관리학회 Korean Society for Healthcare-associated infection Control and Prevention.

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Characteristics of participants in hospitals 1 and 2

Hospital 1 Hospital 2 Total P value
Total (n) 103 48 151
SARS-CoV-2 IgG (n, (%)) 2 (1.9) 1 (2.1) 3 (2.0) 0.954
Age (mean, 2SD) 35.41±12.10 32.85±7.42 34.60±10.88 0.180
Sex
Female 100 (97.1) 41 (85.4) 141 (93.4) 0.012
Male 3 (2.9) 7 (14.6) 10 (6.6)
Occupation (n, (%))
Doctor 4 (3.9) 6 (12.5) 10 (6.6) 0.074
Nurse 72 (69.9) 29 (60.4) 101 (66.9) 0.249
Laboratory technologist 0 5 (10.4) 5 (3.3) 0.004
Radiology technologist 0 4 (8.3) 4 (2.6) 0.009
Nurse assistant 27 (26.2) 3 (6.3) 30 (19.9) 0.011
Hospital office worker 0 1 (2.1) 1 (0.7) 1.000
Work experience (years) 6.94±7.022 7.77±5.104 7.21±6.469 0.414
Participants with symptoms* (n, (%)) 15 (14.6) 9 (18.8) 24 (15.9) 0.512
Working period related to COVID-19 (days) 82.28±25.624 63.94±20.71 76.45±25.28 <0.0001
Self-reported contamination during doffing of PPE (times/person) 0.13±0.518 0.42±0.846 0.22±0.625 0.010
Self-reported contamination during doffing of PPE (n, (%)) 6 (5.8) 13 (27.1) 19 (12.6) 0.001
Number of participants in self-quarantine* 6 1 7 0.432
Number of times SARS-CoV-2 PCR was performed (mean, 2SD) 1.53±0.623 0.79±0.939 1.28±0.826 <0.0001

* Symptoms: cough, sputum, sore throat, febrile sensation, myalgia, headache.

Personal protective equipment.

Polymerase chain reaction.

Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev 2021;26:24~30 https://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2021.26.1.24
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