Characteristics and Occurrence Scenarios of Staff Exposed to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in Shanghai Lingang Fangcang Shelter Hospital, CHINA

Zhanjie Li; Tangying Liang; Junji Zhang; Ge Song; Yinzhi Leng; Li Qiao; Yiyang Zhan; Weihong Zhang

doi:10.2147/IDR.S402282

Characteristics and Occurrence Scenarios of Staff Exposed to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in Shanghai Lingang Fangcang Shelter Hospital, CHINA

Infect Drug Resist. 2023 Mar 21:16:1619-1628. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S402282. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zhanjie Li^#¹, Tangying Liang^#², Junji Zhang³, Ge Song⁴, Yinzhi Leng⁵, Li Qiao⁶, Yiyang Zhan⁷, Weihong Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infection Control, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
² Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Infection Control, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Department of Infection Control, Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
⁵ Department of Infection Control, Nanjing Hospital of Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
⁶ Department of Quality Management, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
⁷ Department of Geriatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the characteristics and occurrence scenarios of occupational exposure of staff in the Shanghai Lingang Fangcang Shelter Hospital.

Methods: We collected the data of 80 staff with occupational exposure (including doctors, nurses, cleaning, security guards, and maintenance staff) in the Shanghai Lingang Fangcang Shelter Hospital from April 5 to May 20, 2022. The basic information of occupational exposure, factors influencing different occupational exposure types, ways to discover occupational exposure, discovery places of occupational exposure, and specific occurrence scenarios were compiled and analyzed among these data.

Results: Occupational exposure mainly occurred in nurses (37, 46.25%), and cleaning (21, 26.25%). After the occurrence of occupational exposure, 20 staff (25%) did not know the occurrence time. Moreover, occupational exposure types were listed from high to low proportion as follows: broken protective clothing (56, 70%), mask loosening or displacement (13, 16.25%), skin exposure (6, 7.5%), and sharp object injuries (5, 6.25%). Occupational exposure was discovered mainly through self-discovery (56, 70%), while other discovery ways were majorly colleague discovery (12, 15%) and infection control supervisor discovery (12, 15%). Furthermore, occupational exposure was discovered principally in the public area (53.75%) and the office area (25%) of the cabin, but the proportion of mask loosening or displacement (38.46%) and skin exposure (50%) was also high in the first unloading area. Broken protective clothing occurred in the following scenarios: scratching while working in the cabin (37, 66.07%) and not knowing its occurrence time (25%). The occurrence scenarios of mask loosening or displacement were mainly not knowing its occurrence time (6, 46.15%), self-discovery (3, 23.08%), and at the time of removal (3, 23.08%).

Conclusion: Targeted training and prevention of occupational exposure should be performed to decrease infection risk and ensure staff safety in Fangcang shelter hospitals.

Keywords: Fangcang shelter hospital; SARS-CoV-2 Omicron; characteristics; occupational exposure; scenarios.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by The third Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Talents Training Program of Jiangsu Provincial People’s Hospital (YNRCQN0314); Young Scholars Fostering Fund of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (PY2022017).