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Description:
Up to 20% of cases of COVID-19 disease in some countries have been reported to be healthcare workers. The prevalence of HCW infections has not been properly documented due to lack of comprehensive studies. This information is crucial for infection control and to maintain the workforce during a pandemic. In addition, as HCWs are frequently exposed to infected patients they represent an ideal population in which to characterise immune responses to the infection. Discovering the frequency and impact of HCW infections will allow better workforce planning in the NHS as well as establishing whether a positive antibody test can allow staff to safely return to work with a low risk of infection. 2000 HCW in NHS Tayside and from social care will have blood samples tested with a validated laboratory assay to detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. The aims of the study are to identify undiagnosed asymptomatic healthcare worker infections with COVID-19, to understand the burden of undetected infections and to identify in patients with detectable antibodies can be reinfected with COVID-19.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Scotland,Tayside Region
Typical Age Range:
18-100
Follow Up:
Unknown
Provenance
Origin
Collection Situations:
Secondary care - Outpatients
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Distribution Release Date:
29 September 2021
Start Date:
28 May 2020
End Date:
02 September 2020
Time Lag:
Not applicable
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
HIC has implemented a remote-access "Safe Haven" environment to protect data
confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data
Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is
not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but
placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the
data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full
details are available via the following link:
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
University of Dundee
Usage
Resource Creators:
Professor James Chalmers, University of Dundee
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
Database
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
There are 2036 participants of the MATCH study
2036
Count
29 September 2021