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Covid-19 as occupational disease in healthcare workers: a brief review of cases in the Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia Cover

Covid-19 as occupational disease in healthcare workers: a brief review of cases in the Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia

By: Hrvoje Lalić  
Open Access
|Sep 2021

Figures & Tables

Distribution of COVID-19 symptoms by department

DepartmentsNo. of casesTemperatureCoughChillsNo smellNo tasteIntestinal symptoms
Low (37.1-37.2 °C)Moderate (38-39 °C)High (>39 °C)
Surgery17411244971
Emergency761021100
Anaesthesiology963011440
Transfusion medicine632100420
Internal medicine1024215550
Oncology1144303222
Microbiology862012550
Radiology1255211110
Dermatology532011110
Services934215212
Other*611112210
Total100433913132536295

Characteristics of COVID-19 in healthcare workers at the Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka_ Croatia (from 1 June to 31 December 2020)

DepartmentsNo. of casesCOVID-19 incidence (%)Men (N)Women (N)Age (years) mean±SDSick leave (days) mean±SDCOVID-19 symptom severity
No symptomsMildModerate
N (%) of cases
Surgery175.931451.1±9.518.1±10.20(64.711 )6 (35.3)
Emergency75.76132.3±4.3**18.0±8.33 (42.9)3 (42.9)1 (14.3)
Anaesthesiology94.13637.8±13.113.0±9.808 (88.9)1 (11.1)
Transfusion medicine66.80634.2±11.313.2±4.42 (33.3)4 (66.7)0
Internal medicine1013.01950.1±9.814.0±4.42 (20)6 (60.0)2 (20.0)
Oncology1116.201145.7±14.710.8±4.005 (45.5)6 (54.5)
Microbiology825.00837.6±13.812.4±4.008 (100)0
Radiology125.87541.3±11.413.1±8.607 (58.3)5 (41.7)
Dermatology511.42350.0±12.710.2±1.105 (100)0
Services99.45446.3±12.216.1±5.305 (55.6)4 (44.4)
Other*64.60648.8±9.511.0±4.53 (50)1 (16.7)2 (33.3)
Total1009.8±6.3277343.2±6.513.6±2.6106327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2021-72-3520 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 240 - 243
Submitted on: Jan 1, 2021
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2021
Published on: Sep 28, 2021
Published by: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Hrvoje Lalić, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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