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- Title
SARS‐CoV‐2 infections amongst personnel providing home care services for older persons in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Authors
Hassan, S. S.; Seigerud, Å.; Abdirahman, R.; Arroyo Mühr, L. S.; Nordqvist Kleppe, S.; Pin, E.; Månberg, A.; Hober, S.; Nilsson, P.; Engstrand, L.; Miriam Elfström, K.; Blomqvist, J.; Conneryd Lundgren, K.; Dillner, J.
- Abstract
Background: In Sweden, home care services is a major external contact for older persons. Methods: Five home care service companies in Stockholm, Sweden, enrolled 405 employees to a study including serum IgG to SARS‐CoV‐2 and SARS‐CoV‐2 virus in throat swabs. Results: 20.1% (81/403) of employees were seropositive, about twice as many as in a simultaneously enrolled reference population (healthcare workers entirely without patient contact, n = 3671; 9.7% seropositivity). 13/379 employees (3.4%) had a current infection (PCR positivity). Amongst these, 5 were also seropositive and 3 were positive with low amounts of virus. High amounts of virus and no antibodies (a characteristic for presymptomatic COVID‐19) were present in 5 employees (1.3%). Conclusions: Personnel providing home services for older persons appear to be a risk group for SARS‐CoV‐2. Likely presymptomatic employees can be readily identified by screening. Increased protection of employees and of the older persons they serve is warranted.
- Subjects
STOCKHOLM (Sweden); SWEDEN; HOME care services; OLDER people; SARS-CoV-2; MEDICAL personnel; VIRAL antibodies
- Publication
Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021, Vol 290, Issue 2, p430
- ISSN
0954-6820
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/joim.13274