All health care workers at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at UMC Ljubljana will be tested for SARS-CoV2 with nasal swab test and blood withdrawal for SARS-CoV2 antibodies. At the same time a questionnaire with epidemiological anamnesis, risky contacts and the use of personal protective equipment will be fulfilled.
Health care workers at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at UMC Ljubljana
are working with COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, operating theaters, wards and
emergency department. In the care of those patients different workgroups are involved:
anesthesiologists, anesthesia and ICU nurses and respiratory therapeuts.There is insufficient
data on the seroprevalence in different workgroups, different areas of the hospital,
insufficient data on connection between SARS-CoV2 nasal swabs and antibodies and the rate of
asymptomatic infections.
300 hundred HCW will be tested for SARS-CoV2 with nasal swab test and blood withdrawal for
SARS-CoV2 antibodies. At the same time a questionnaire with epidemiological anamnesis, risky
contacts and the use of personal protective equipment will be filled.
Diagnostic Test: SARS-CoV2 nasal swab
SARS-CoV2 nasal swab and venous blood for SARS-CoV2 antibodies
Inclusion Criteria:
- employee of Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at UMC Ljubljana
- active current employment at the department
Exclusion Criteria:
- current sick-leave
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Investigator: Peter Poredos, MD, PhD
Contact: +38615229455
peter.poredos@kclj.si
Peter Poredos, MD, PhD
+38615229455
peter.poredos@kclj.si
Peter Poredos, MD, PhD, Study Chair
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care - Hear