Health care personnel (HCP) are at high risk for exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. While personal protective equipment may mitigate this risk, prospective data collection on its use and other risk factors for seroconversion in this population were identified for a study led by Emily Ciccone, MD, MHS, infectious diseases fellow, and Allison Aiello, PhD, professor of epidemiology at the Gillings School of Public Health. The study was introduced in JMIR Research Protocols and will continue through January 2022.
Other authors from the Department of Medicine and University include: Paul N Zivich, MPH; Evans K Lodge, BA, BS; Deanna Zhu, BA; Elle Law, BS; Elyse Miller, BA; Jasmine L Taylor, MPH; Suemin Chung, BA; Jason Xu, PhD (Duke); Alexander Volfovsky, PhD (Duke); Cherese Beatty, MPH; Haley Abernathy, BS; Elise King, BA; Haley E Garrett, BS; Alena J Markmann, MD, PhD; Meghan E Rebuli, PhD; Subhashini Sellers, MD, MSc; David J Weber, MD, MPH; Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA; Naseem Alavian, MD, MPH; Jonathan J Juliano, MD, MSPH; and Ross M Boyce, MD, MSc.
Learn more about the study here.