Healthcare worker seroconversion for SARS-CoV-2 at two large health systems in San Diego

Laura Nicholson; Ronald W McLawhon; Sunil Kurian; Robert L Fitzgerald; Jamie Case; Christopher Marsh; Michael Quigley

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2020.12.017

Healthcare worker seroconversion for SARS-CoV-2 at two large health systems in San Diego

Am J Infect Control. 2021 Apr;49(4):506-507. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.12.017. Epub 2020 Dec 31.

Authors

Laura Nicholson¹, Ronald W McLawhon², Sunil Kurian³, Robert L Fitzgerald², Jamie Case³, Christopher Marsh³, Michael Quigley⁴

Affiliations

¹ Scripps Clinic, Department of Medicine, La Jolla, CA. Electronic address: Nicholson.Laura@scrippshealth.org.
² University of California San Diego Health, Department of Pathology, La Jolla, CA.
³ Scripps Clinic, Department of Surgery, La Jolla, CA.
⁴ Scripps Clinic, Department of Pathology, La Jolla, CA.

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 infections among healthcare workers were widely reported in China and Europe as the pandemic expanded to the United States. In order to examine the infection rate among these essential workers, we combined results of SARS-CoV-2 serology testing offered free to healthcare workers at two large San Diego health systems when the antibody assays first became available.

Keywords: COVID-19; Frontline providers; Seroprevalence.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
California / epidemiology
Delivery of Health Care*
Health Personnel*
Humans
Occupational Exposure*
SARS-CoV-2*
Seroconversion*