Daily COVID-19 employee attestations at a large quaternary hospital in Melbourne, Australia – Limitations and lessons learnt

IF 2.7 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Infection Disease & Health Pub Date : 2024-04-27 DOI:10.1016/j.idh.2024.04.003

Vivian K.Y. Leung, Elizabeth Orr, Caroline Marshall

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Abstract

Background

As one of the many measures to limit the potentially infectious persons entering healthcare settings, the Victorian Department of Health (DH) introduced a daily attestation between 2020 and 2022. Upon entry to a health service, employees were required to confirm they were free from symptoms related to COVID-19 and did not have contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case in the previous 7–14 days.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of employee attestations and SARS-CoV-2 tests performed between 1/6/2021 and 14/2/2022 at the main campus of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Results

We found the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 positive employees identified through workplace attestation was low (1.3%). Most SARS-CoV-2 positive employees analysed in this study (94%) were asymptomatic.

Discussion

Although the proportion of SARS-CoV-2 positive employees identified was low, attestations may have deterred unwell employees from presenting to work. Proactively monitoring employee attestations, such as measuring and reporting the number of symptomatic attestations, may make this a more useful tool.

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澳大利亚墨尔本一家大型四级医院的每日 COVID-19 员工证明--局限性和经验教训。

背景：作为限制潜在感染者进入医疗机构的众多措施之一，维多利亚州卫生部（DH）在 2020 年至 2022 年期间引入了每日证明。在进入医疗服务机构时，员工必须确认自己没有出现与 COVID-19 相关的症状，并且在之前的 7-14 天内没有接触过 COVID-19 确诊病例：我们对 2021 年 6 月 1 日至 2022 年 2 月 14 日期间在墨尔本皇家医院主院进行的员工证明和 SARS-CoV-2 检测进行了回顾性分析：我们发现，通过工作场所证明发现的 SARS-CoV-2 阳性员工比例很低（1.3%）。本研究分析的大多数 SARS-CoV-2 阳性员工（94%）均无症状：讨论：虽然发现 SARS-CoV-2 阳性员工的比例较低，但证明可能会阻止身体不适的员工上班。主动监测员工的证明，如测量和报告无症状证明的数量，可能会使这一工具更加有用。

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Infection Disease & Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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期刊介绍： The journal aims to be a platform for the publication and dissemination of knowledge in the area of infection and disease causing infection in humans. The journal is quarterly and publishes research, reviews, concise communications, commentary and other articles concerned with infection and disease affecting the health of an individual, organisation or population. The original and important articles in the journal investigate, report or discuss infection prevention and control; clinical, social, epidemiological or public health aspects of infectious disease; policy and planning for the control of infections; zoonoses; and vaccination related to disease in human health. Infection, Disease & Health provides a platform for the publication and dissemination of original knowledge at the nexus of the areas infection, Disease and health in a One Health context. One Health recognizes that the health of people is connected to the health of animals and the environment. One Health encourages and advances the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines-working locally, nationally, and globally-to achieve the best health for people, animals, and our environment. This approach is fundamental because 6 out of every 10 infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic, or spread from animals. We would be expected to report or discuss infection prevention and control; clinical, social, epidemiological or public health aspects of infectious disease; policy and planning for the control of infections; zoonosis; and vaccination related to disease in human health. The Journal seeks to bring together knowledge from all specialties involved in infection research and clinical practice, and present the best work in this ever-changing field. The audience of the journal includes researchers, clinicians, health workers and public policy professionals concerned with infection, disease and health.