Abstract
Introduction: As of 5th February 2021, 4,756 healthcare workers (HCWs) have been infected with COVID-19. HCWs-associated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is of global concern due to the potential for nosocomial spread and depletion of staff numbers. However, the literature on transmission routes and risk factors for COVID-19 in HCWs is limited. During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia reported several COVID-19 clusters related to healthcare workers. This study aimed to explore the epidemiology and characteristics of risk for testing of COVID-19 infection among HCWs in Perak, Malaysia.
Method: This descriptive study obtained the secondary data of Perak HCWs COVID-19 cases from Sistem Informasi Makmal Kesihatan Awam (SIMKA), a national reporting system by the Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia from July to December 2021. All positive cases were confirmed by real-time RT-PCR. The socio-demographics and the risk factor for doing the COVID-19 test were determined. A descriptive chi-square analysis was performed using IBM SPSS v26. Result: A total of 12,131 COVID-19 samples for HCWs were tested by real-time RT-PCR and 1,424 (11.7%) were positive. The positivity rate was highest among those aged 30-39 years old (42.4%
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-47,
title = {Evaluating the risk for testing COVID-19 among Healthcare Workers in Perak, Malaysia, July - December 2021},
author = {Filza Noor Asari and Muhammad Faiz Mohd Hisham Eida Nurhadzira Muhammad and Norizah Ismail and Husna Khairam and Mohd Emir Shafiq Suhaimi and Zahrul Laili Abd Hadi},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-47.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/APCPH-2022-FILZA-NOOR-47-1-2d60d8b1c09cdf0db2633abde17d3d74.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: As of 5th February 2021, 4,756 healthcare workers (HCWs) have been infected with COVID-19. HCWs-associated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is of global concern due to the potential for nosocomial spread and depletion of staff numbers. However, the literature on transmission routes and risk factors for COVID-19 in HCWs is limited. During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia reported several COVID-19 clusters related to healthcare workers. This study aimed to explore the epidemiology and characteristics of risk for testing of COVID-19 infection among HCWs in Perak, Malaysia.
Method: This descriptive study obtained the secondary data of Perak HCWs COVID-19 cases from Sistem Informasi Makmal Kesihatan Awam (SIMKA), a national reporting system by the Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia from July to December 2021. All positive cases were confirmed by real-time RT-PCR. The socio-demographics and the risk factor for doing the COVID-19 test were determined. A descriptive chi-square analysis was performed using IBM SPSS v26. Result: A total of 12,131 COVID-19 samples for HCWs were tested by real-time RT-PCR and 1,424 (11.7%) were positive. The positivity rate was highest among those aged 30-39 years old (42.4%},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Ministry of Health},
keywords = {Covid-19, HCW, PERAK},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}