Epidemic Curve of Contamination in a Hospital That Served as Sentinel of the Spread of the SARS-Cov-2 Epidemic in the City of Rio de Janeiro

  1. Marisa Santos
  2. Tereza Cristina Felippe Guimarães
  3. Helena Cramer
  4. Fabiana Mucillo
  5. Izabella Pereira da Silva Bezerra
  6. Raiana Andrade Quintanilha Barbosa
  7. Tais Hanae Kasai Brunswick
  8. Adriana Bastos Carvalho
  9. Glauber Monteiro Dias
  10. Aurora Issa
  11. Adriana Bastos Carvalho
  12. Antonio Carlos Campos de Carvalho
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the operation of Brazilian hospital units, even those dedicated to non-infectious diseases. This study aims to describe the Covid-19 epidemic curve from a cardiovascular specialized nosocomial unit. All symptomatic employees were submitted to RT-qPCR. A total of 613 tests were performed on 548 employees between March 23, 2020, and June 4, 2020; with 45.7% positivity from the samples, representing 11.9% of the total employees. The epidemic curve showed a profound drop after first week of May. The data showed a high contamination rate despite widespread availability of personal protective equipment and employees’ training.

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