The COVID-19 Impact in Hospital Healthcare Workers: Development of an Occupational Health Risk Management Program

• Main Authors: Luís Mendonça-Galaio (Author), Ema Sacadura-Leite (Author), João Raposo (Author), Diana França (Author), Ana Correia (Author), Rodrigo Lobo (Author), Jorge Soares (Author), Clara Almeida (Author), Olena Shapovalova (Author), Florentino Serranheira (Author), António Sousa-Uva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As with the SARS-CoV-1 outbreak in 2003-2004 and the MERS outbreak in 2012, there were early reports of frequent transmission to healthcare workers (HCW) in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Our hospital center identified its first COVID-19 confirmed case on March 9, 2020, in a 6-day hospitalized patient. Th...