Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among nonphysician healthcare personnel by work location at a tertiary-care center, Iowa, 2020-2021

Takaaki Kobayashi; John Heinemann; Alexandra Trannel; Alexandre R Marra; Mohammed Alsuhaibani; William Etienne; Lorinda L Sheeler; Oluchi Abosi; Stephanie Holley; Mary Beth Kukla; Angelique Dains; Kyle E Jenn; Holly Meacham; Beth Hanna; Bradley Ford; Karen Brust; Melanie Wellington; Patrick G Hartley; Daniel J Diekema; Jorge L Salinas

doi:10.1017/ice.2022.148

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among nonphysician healthcare personnel by work location at a tertiary-care center, Iowa, 2020-2021

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Jun 2;1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.148. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Takaaki Kobayashi¹, John Heinemann¹, Alexandra Trannel¹, Alexandre R Marra^{1

2}, Mohammed Alsuhaibani¹, William Etienne¹, Lorinda L Sheeler¹, Oluchi Abosi¹, Stephanie Holley¹, Mary Beth Kukla¹, Angelique Dains¹, Kyle E Jenn¹, Holly Meacham¹, Beth Hanna¹, Bradley Ford¹, Karen Brust¹, Melanie Wellington¹, Patrick G Hartley¹, Daniel J Diekema¹, Jorge L Salinas³

Affiliations

¹ University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
² Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States.

Abstract

We describe COVID-19 cases among nonphysician healthcare personnel (HCP) by work location. The proportion of HCP with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was highest in the emergency department and lowest among those working remotely. COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 units had similar proportions of HCP with COVID-19 (13%). Cases decreased across all work locations following COVID-19 vaccination.