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MEDISAN
versão On-line ISSN 1029-3019
Resumo
HIERREZUELO ROJAS, Naifi et al. Main clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of health workers diagnosed with COVID-19 in Santiago de Cuba. MEDISAN [online]. 2021, vol.25, n.6, pp. 1324-1337. Epub 22-Nov-2021. ISSN 1029-3019.
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.
Palavras-chave : health worker; pandemic; coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; COVID- 19.