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COVID-19 Surveillance of Patients and Healthcare Workers in a Hospital Department

NCT04356560 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2023-02-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Doctors, nurses and staff members of ear-nose and throat (ENT) departments are at high risk due to aerosol-inducing diagnostic procedures and surgery during the COVID-19 epidemic. Reports from China, Spain, Italy and England report of fatal cases among ENT specialists. With a concurrent lack of personal protection, it is of paramount importance to identify patients and healthcare workers at an early stage to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak in the department. A baseline study of all healthcare workers has been performed. Follow-up will be accomplished by interval testing, antibody measurements and REDcap Covid-19 questionnaires. All patients at risk of carrying SARS-CoV-2, or who are candidates for high-risk airway surgery will be tested. Infection control measures at the department will be implemented progressively according to the real-time surveillance results from both patients and healthcare workers.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

COVID-19 test, polymerase chain reaction for SARS-CoV-2

surveillance

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Inge J Knudsen, MD · Rigshospitalet, Department of Microbiology

  • Nikolai S Kirkeby, MSc · Rigshospitalet, Department of Microbiology

  • Ramon G Jensen, MD · Rigshospitalet, Dep. of ORL, Head and neck & Audiology

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-23
Primary Completion
2020-12-30
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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