Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Potential In-hospital Exposure to SARS-CoV-2: Experience at a Tertiary Hospital

Hyeon Jae Jo; Ji Seon Kim; Pyoeng Gyun Choe; Hyo Yeon Lee; Euijin Chang; Hyemin Jung; Chang Kyung Kang; Wan Beom Park; Nam Joong Kim; Myoung Don Oh

doi:10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e274

Work Restrictions for Healthcare Personnel with Potential In-hospital Exposure to SARS-CoV-2: Experience at a Tertiary Hospital

Hyeon Jae Jo, Ji Seon Kim, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Hyo Yeon Lee, Euijin Chang, Hyemin Jung, Chang Kyung Kang, Wan Beom Park, Nam Joong Kim, Myoung Don Oh

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Applying work restrictions for asymptomatic healthcare personnel (HCP) with potential exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is recommended to prevent transmission from potentially contagious HCP to patients and other HCP. However, it can lead to understaffing, which threatens the safety of both patients and HCP. We evaluated 203 COVID-19 exposure events at a single tertiary hospital from January 2020 to June 2021. A total of 2,365 HCP were potentially exposed, and work restrictions were imposed on 320 HCP, leading to the loss of 3,311 working days. However, only one of the work-restricted HCP was confirmed with COVID-19. During the study period, the work restriction measures might be taken excessively compared to their benefit, so establishing more effective standards for work restriction is required.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Korean Medical Science
Volume	36
Issue number	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e274
State	Published - Oct 2021

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COVID-19
In-Hospital Exposure
SARS-CoV-2
Work Restriction

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