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MediSan 2021; 25 (06)

Main clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Santiago de Cuba

Hierrezuelo RN, Fernández GP, León GA, Johnson VS, Cordero CF

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 1324-1337
PDF size: 1223.32 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: The COVID-19 has repercussion in the public health system of the country and in health personnel.
Objective: To describe some clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of the health personnel diagnosed with COVID- 19 in a health area of Santiago de Cuba.
Methods: A descriptive and retrospective study of 19 health workers of Ramón López Peña Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba was carried out. They were diagnosed with the COVID-19 during February-April, 2021. The described variables were: age, sex, occupational category, comorbidities, infection source, symptoms and clinical course.
Results: There was a prevalence of the females between 40 and 59 years (36.8 %), community source of infection (52.6 %), doctors as the most affected health staff (47.3 %) and respiratory signs (47.3 %); also, 94.7 % of the affected patients were alive when discharged from the hospital and there was only one dead patient.
Conclusions: In spite of the low prevalence of the COVID-19 in the health staff, the biosecurity measures implemented in each institution to avoid new infections should be maximized.


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