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Summary

Abstract

2000 health care workers in NHS Tayside and from social care will have blood samples tested to detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, to identify undiagnosed asymptomatic healthcare worker infections with COVID-19.

Keywords

COVID-19 Coronavirus HCW Covid Serology CO-CONNECT VIVALDI VIVALDI 2

Publisher

  • Name
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
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  • Contact point
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Documentation

Description

Up to 20% of cases of COVID-19 disease in some countries have been reported to be healthcare workers. The prevalence of HCW infections has not been properly documented due to lack of comprehensive studies. This information is crucial for infection control and to maintain the workforce during a pandemic. In addition, as HCWs are frequently exposed to infected patients they represent an ideal population in which to characterise immune responses to the infection. Discovering the frequency and impact of HCW infections will allow better workforce planning in the NHS as well as establishing whether a positive antibody test can allow staff to safely return to work with a low risk of infection. 2000 HCW in NHS Tayside and from social care will have blood samples tested with a validated laboratory assay to detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. The aims of the study are to identify undiagnosed asymptomatic healthcare worker infections with COVID-19, to understand the burden of undetected infections and to identify in patients with detectable antibodies can be reinfected with COVID-19.

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland, Tayside Region

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    27/05/2020
  • End date
    01/09/2020
  • Frequency
    Static
  • Distribution release date
    28/09/2021

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Not available
  • Source
    Not available
  • Collection situation
    Secondary care - Outpatients

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
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Usage

  • Conditions of use
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  • Resource creator
    Professor James Chalmers, University of Dundee
  • Is referenced by
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Access

  • Access rights
  • Access service
    HIC has implemented a remote-access "Safe Haven" environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data. Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis. Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
  • Jurisdiction
    GB-SCT
  • Data controller
    University of Dundee
  • Data processor
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Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Database

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
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  • Linkage opportunity
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  • Tools
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Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data Dictionary

PROCHI

Obfuscated participant identifier

ID

Study ID

VISITDATE

Visit date for survey

AGEGROUPS

-

AGE

Age of participant

GENDER

Gender of participant

ETHNICITY

Ethnicity of participant

ROLE

Role / Occupation of participant

COVID_NON

Covid_Non of participant

SPECIFIC_AREA

Specific_Area of participant

Variable description

Data type
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