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Incidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among HealthcareWorkers in Hospitals in Malaysia

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dc.contributor.authorAbdul Aziz Harith
dc.contributor.authorMohd Hafiz Ab Gani
dc.contributor.authorRobin Griffiths
dc.contributor.authorAzlihanis Abdul Hadi
dc.contributor.authorNor Aishah Abu Bakar
dc.contributor.authorJulia Myers
dc.contributor.authorMaznieda Mahjom
dc.contributor.authorRosnawati Muhamad Robat
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad Zulfakhar Zubir
dc.contributor.editorPaul B. Tchounwou
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-16T05:25:00Z
dc.date.available2024-07-16T05:25:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic introduced significant novel risks for healthcare workers and healthcare services. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, trends, characteristics, and sources of COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysian hospitals. A cross-sectional study used secondary data collected from a COVID-19 surveillance system for healthcare workers between January and December 2020. Two surges in COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers in Malaysia were epidemiologically correlated to a similarly intense COVID-19 pattern of transmission in the community. The period prevalence of COVID-19 infection and the mortality rate among healthcare workers in Malaysia were 1.03% and 0.0019%, respectively. The majority of infections originated from the workplace (53.3%); a total of 36.3% occurred among staff; a total of 17.0% occurred between patients and staff; and 43.2% originated from the community. Healthcare workers had a 2.9 times higher incidence risk ratio for the acquisition of COVID-19 infection than the general population. Nursing professionals were the most highly infected occupational group (40.5%), followed by medical doctors and specialists (24.1%), and healthcare assistants (9.7%). The top three departments registering COVID-19 infections were the medical department (23.3%), the emergency department (17.7%), and hospital administration and governance (9.1%). Occupational safety and health units need to be vigilant for the early detection of a disease outbreak to prevent the avoidable spread of disease in high-risk settings. The transformation of some tertiary hospitals to dedicated COVID-19 care, the monitoring of new procedures for the management of COVID-19 patients, and appropriate resource allocation are key to successful risk mitigation strategies.
dc.identifier.doihttps:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912485
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nih.gov.my/handle/123456789/548
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleIncidence, Prevalence, and Sources of COVID-19 Infection among HealthcareWorkers in Hospitals in Malaysia
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