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Diagnosing occupational COVID-19 in Croatian healthcare workers

Open Access
|Dec 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Missing documents for diagnosing occupational COVID-19 among the participants (N=80) who did not submit complete basic documentation (medical report about COVID-19, job description, and employer statement about occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2)

General and epidemiological characteristics of study participants (N=100)

N
JobNurses70
Physicians19
Othersa11
GenderMale21
Female79
Age (years)Median (IQR)47.0 (36.0–55.0)
Type of healthcare institution (affiliation)Clinical Hospital Centre55
Clinical Hospital12
County General Hospital27
Special Hospital1
Health Centre4
Public Health Institute1
Close contact at the workplaceInfected patient68
Infected colleague31
Contagious biological material1

Documents submitted to OHP by participants (N=100) to support claim for occupational COVID-19

N
Basic documentationMedical report confirming COVID-19 diagnosis, including positive PCR test to SARS-CoV-299
Employer statement about occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-261
Job description28
Supplementary documentationFamily physician data on other diseases77
Data on the use of PPE49
List of completed work tasks32
Attendance report evidencing days away from work*18
Workplace risk assessment document14
Personal travel statement13
List of business trips4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2021-72-3603 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 289 - 297
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2021
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Accepted on: Dec 1, 2021
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Published on: Dec 30, 2021
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Roko Žaja, Ivana Kerner, Milan Milošević, Jelena Macan, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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