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| Nurses, CNAs made up 36% of healthcare workers hospitalized with COVID-19 this spring, analysis finds |
| 2020-10-29 |
| [Becker's Hospital Review] More than a third of healthcare workers hospitalized with COVID-19 from March to May were in nursing-related positions, representing the highest proportion of healthcare workers in the hospital with the illness, according to a new CDC analysis. Healthcare workers accounted for about 6 percent of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 from March through May, according to the analysis of hospitalization data, and 36.3 percent of those hospitalized healthcare workers were nurses or certified nursing assistants. The analysis, which examined 6,760 hospitalizations across 13 states, including New York, Ohio and California, also found nearly 90 percent of healthcare workers hospitalized with COVID-19 from March through May had at least one underlying medical condition, such as obesity. About 28 percent were admitted to an intensive care unit, 15.8 percent required invasive mechanical ventilation and 4.2 percent died during hospitalization. Healthcare workers "can have severe COVID-19-associated illness, highlighting the need for continued infection prevention and control in healthcare settings as well as community mitigation efforts to reduce transmission," the CDC said. The analysis does not indicate whether healthcare workers were exposed to COVID-19 in the workplace or community, and the CDC noted findings could represent an overestimate or underestimate of the proportion of healthcare workers among all adults hospitalized with COVID-19 from March through May, due to limited data. But the agency said it shows the need for community prevention efforts and infection prevention and control measures at healthcare sites. |
| Posted by:Clem |
| #4 The nurses have our respect. I'm married to one. It's the misuse of statistics to lock down the entire nation that people disrespect. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-10-29 19:05 |
| #3 These are people, mostly women, who are in the "Trenches". they deserve our respect! |
| Posted by: 746 2020-10-29 16:34 |
| #2 Long term proximity to the virus is far worse than any other factor when it comes to catching Covid. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-10-29 13:31 |
| #1 Let this sink in "36.3 percent of those hospitalized healthcare workers were nurses or certified nursing assistants. " (March through May) & 90% hospitalized had at least one underlying medical condition, These are people directly in contact with the C-19 during the early more deadly strain days of January to May. These are the people with gloves, Surgical/N-95 masks, paper apron gowns or HazMat suits covering and plenty of Hand Sanitizers. In our family & Extended Family Groups, we have LPN's, RN's, Fire-EMS and LEO's. At last count, 5 tested positive for C-19, about 70%. But not one of them spent a day in the Hospital. All of these infections were likely POST-January to May C-19 Strain. Late July-September. Which was long after the more deadly early strain had mutated. NOTE: Each of them had Family or Spouses all without any Cross contamination infections????? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2020-10-29 05:52 |