Vaccination, time lost from work, and COVID-19 infections: a Canadian healthcare worker retrospective cohort study DOI Creative Commons
Arnold Ikedichi Okpani, Karen Lockhart, Jennifer Grant

et al.

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Aug. 7, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted hurdles for healthcare delivery and personnel globally. Vaccination has been an important tool preventing severe illness death in workers (HCWs) as well the public at large. However, vaccination resulted some HCWs requiring time off work post-vaccination to recover from adverse events. We aimed understand which needed take post-vaccination, vaccine types sequence, how absence impacted uptake of booster doses a cohort 26,267 Canadian HCWs. By March 31, 2022, more than 98% had received least two approved vaccines, following two-dose mandate. found that recent longer intervals between were associated with significantly higher odds time-loss, whereas being medical resident receiving BNT162b2 lower odds. A history lab-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection was dose compared no documented infection, aOR 0.61 (95% CI: 0.55, 0.68). Similarly, taking sick first or second dose, 0.83 0.75, 0.90). As becomes endemic, number timing additional requires consideration prevention service disruption time-loss. Care should be taken ensure adequate staffing if many are vaccinated, especially coverage those who likely need recover.

Language: Английский

Vaccination, time lost from work, and COVID-19 infections: a Canadian healthcare worker retrospective cohort study DOI Creative Commons
Arnold Ikedichi Okpani, Karen Lockhart, Jennifer Grant

et al.

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Aug. 7, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted hurdles for healthcare delivery and personnel globally. Vaccination has been an important tool preventing severe illness death in workers (HCWs) as well the public at large. However, vaccination resulted some HCWs requiring time off work post-vaccination to recover from adverse events. We aimed understand which needed take post-vaccination, vaccine types sequence, how absence impacted uptake of booster doses a cohort 26,267 Canadian HCWs. By March 31, 2022, more than 98% had received least two approved vaccines, following two-dose mandate. found that recent longer intervals between were associated with significantly higher odds time-loss, whereas being medical resident receiving BNT162b2 lower odds. A history lab-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection was dose compared no documented infection, aOR 0.61 (95% CI: 0.55, 0.68). Similarly, taking sick first or second dose, 0.83 0.75, 0.90). As becomes endemic, number timing additional requires consideration prevention service disruption time-loss. Care should be taken ensure adequate staffing if many are vaccinated, especially coverage those who likely need recover.

Language: Английский

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