Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2022)

Longitudinal analysis of risk factors associated with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among hemodialysis patients and healthcare personnel in outpatient hemodialysis centers

  • Sumanth Gandra,
  • Tingting Li,
  • Kimberly A. Reske,
  • Kate Peacock,
  • Karl G. Hock,
  • Silvana Bommarito,
  • Candace Miller,
  • Henry Stewart,
  • Na Le Dang,
  • Christopher W. Farnsworth,
  • Margaret A. Olsen,
  • Jennie H. Kwon,
  • David K. Warren,
  • Victoria J. Fraser,
  • for the CDC Prevention Epicenters Program

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.269
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2

Abstract

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In this prospective, longitudinal study, we examined the risk factors for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among a cohort of chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients and healthcare personnel (HCPs) over a 6-month period. The risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among HD patients and HCPs was consistently associated with a household member having SARS-CoV-2 infection.