The Differences Between the Frequency of Getting Sick of Health Personnel of Samsun Education and Research Hospital During the Second and Third Wave Period of COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Published in: Boğaziçi tıp dergisi 2023-06, Vol.10 (2), p.88-94
• Main Author: Koksal, Vaner
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: activity; covid-19 vaccines; covid-19 virus; healthcare worker; pandemic; vaccination
• ISSN: 2149-0287; 2149-0287
• DOI: 10.14744/bmj.2022.69672

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has attracted all the attention due to the loss of workforce and deaths that it has caused in the world and in our country. Vaccine and drug studies are still going on to control the virus. The effectiveness of the vaccines is very important to apply in to conclude the pandemic. For this reason, we investigated the incidence of COVID-19 disease in the seasonal waves of autumn and spring in health personnel of Samsun Education and Research Hospital (SERH). METHODS: Health personnel diagnosed with PCR+, COVID-19 who applied to SERH occupational medicine unit between September 2020 and June 2021 were retrospectively scanned. Age, gender, occupational groups, working units, and vaccination status were examined. RESULTS: With the start of vaccination of risky groups in Türkiye, the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine was administered to health personnel in February 2021. A total of 854 health personnel were infected with COVID-19 in the date range were determined. Between September 1, 2020, and January 30, 2021, 659 (77.2%) patients were identified, who have not been vaccinated for COVID-19. After January 30, 2021, until June 31, 2021, 195 (22.8%). It was determined that the hospital staff caught COVID-19. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: It was observed that the spring season of 2021 peak in Türkiye and Samsun province showed a more aggressive course than 2020 autumn season peak. It was determined that fewer health personnel were caught COVID-19 during the 3rd wave compared to the 2nd wave in the health personnel of SERH and vaccination has been shown to reduce the prevalence of COVID-19 infection. It has also been shown that the prevalence of contracting COVID-19 infection is the highest in the emergency room.