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Safety Among Healthcare Workers: Infection and Vaccination in COVID-19 Pandemia
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Safety Among Healthcare Workers: Infection and Vaccination in COVID-19 Pandemia

A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 2683

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Nicole M. Gatto

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1. School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA
2. Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Interests: epidemiology; environmental health; lifestyle factors; gene–environment interactions; neurodegenerative disorders; cardiovascular disease; cancer
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Prof. Dr. Deborah Freund

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1. School of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
2. Department of Economic Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
3. Department of Population Health Science, Western University of Health Sciences, CA 91766, USA
Interests: health economics; health care inequalities; disparities and social determinants of health; outcomes research; health insurance utilization and pharmaceutical costs
Dr. Anthony Firek

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1. Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center (CECORC), Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, CA 92555, USA
2. Department of Medicine, University of California Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Interests: metabolic disorders/diabetes; endocrinology; heath care disparity; clinical nutrition; clinical research; plant-based vaccines

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The focus of this Special Issue is “Safety Among Healthcare Workers: Infection and Vaccination in COVID-19 Pandemic”. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are an essential resource, and the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role they play in delivering effective health care services. The safety of HCWs caring for COVID-19 patients around the world is paramount, as is reducing their likelihood of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Vaccination against COVID-19, accurate and up-to-date education, workplace practices, personal protective equipment, engineering, and administrative controls are fundamental when it comes to protecting HCWs against infection. The often-overwhelming nature of caring for COVID-19 patients has led to absences from work and increased the potential shortage of health professionals.  Overburdened HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic have experienced mental and physical health effects, adverse economic impacts, and compromises to their quality of life, and system support for identifying and treating mental health and well-being challenges faced by HCWs is often inadequate. By serving as direct and trusted sources of information for patients, HCWs play an influential role in vaccination, thereby also indirectly assuring their own safety. 

This Special Issue will focus on articles that advance our knowledge of practices to ensure the health and safety of HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic, including (but not limited to) vaccination. Suggested topics include: (1) successful interventions and other related efforts to increase vaccine uptake and to reduce the number of unvaccinated HCWs, (2) strategies used by Federal, State and Local governments to improve HCW safety, (3) measures taken to limit the spread of infection in medical facilities, and (4) health and mental health challenges and solutions for HCWs. We are also seeking work that considers HCWs’ decisions regarding vaccination and the influences of sociodemographic factors and characteristics of the communities in which they reside which could play a role in enhancing or reducing their safety.

Original articles, systematic reviews, short communications, and other types of articles on related topics are welcome. All manuscripts will follow standard journal peer-review practices, and those accepted for publication will appear in the “Safety Among Healthcare Workers: Infection and Vaccination in COVID-19 Pandemic”. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Nicole M. Gatto
Prof. Dr. Deborah Freund
Dr. Anthony Firek
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Vaccines is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • healthcare workers
  • health professionals
  • interventions
  • vaccination
  • pandemic
  • personal protective equipment
  • workplace
  • quality of life
  • infection
  • decision making

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Analysis of COVID-19 Incidence and Protective Potential of Persisting IgG Class Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Hospital Staff in Poland
by Jadwiga Radziejewska, Jacek Arkowski, Robert Susło, Kamil Kędzierski and Magdalena Wawrzyńska
Vaccines 2023, 11(7), 1198; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11071198 - 04 Jul 2023
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The immune responses to both SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccines are of key importance in prevention efforts. In April and May 2020, 703 study participants tested for COVID-19 by PCR tests were registered. In June and July 2020, they were examined for the presence [...] Read more.
The immune responses to both SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccines are of key importance in prevention efforts. In April and May 2020, 703 study participants tested for COVID-19 by PCR tests were registered. In June and July 2020, they were examined for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG. From October 2020 to January 2021, those among the study population with COVID-19 confirmed by PCR tests were registered, and the same group of participants was invited to be examined again for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. In June 2020, antibodies were detected in only 88% of those who had PCR-confirmed COVID-19 in April–May 2020, which suggests that a significant proportion of persons in the Polish population do not produce antibodies after contact with SARS-CoV-2 antigens or rapidly lose them and reach levels below the lab detection limit. The levels of IgG class anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were significantly lower among people who previously had COVID-19 than for those who had received COVID-19 vaccination, which confirms the high immunogenicity of the vaccines against COVID-19 in the Polish population. The study confirms that a detectable level of IgG class anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies cannot be considered a reliable marker of the presence and strength of COVID-19 immunity preventing individuals from acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Safety Among Healthcare Workers: Infection and Vaccination in COVID-19 Pandemia)
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Vaccination and Factors Related to the Clinical Outcome of COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers—A Romanian Front-Line Hospital’s Experience
by Carmen-Daniela Chivu, Maria-Dorina Crăciun, Daniela Pițigoi, Victoria Aramă, Monica Luminița Luminos, Gheorghiță Jugulete, Cătălin Gabriel Apostolescu and Adrian Streinu Cercel
Vaccines 2023, 11(5), 899; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11050899 - 25 Apr 2023
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The study aims to describe the frequency of COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs) in a designated hospital for COVID-19 treatment in Bucharest, Romania, and to explore COVID-19 vaccination and other factors associated with the clinical outcome. We actively surveyed all HCWs from 26 [...] Read more.
The study aims to describe the frequency of COVID-19 in healthcare workers (HCWs) in a designated hospital for COVID-19 treatment in Bucharest, Romania, and to explore COVID-19 vaccination and other factors associated with the clinical outcome. We actively surveyed all HCWs from 26 February 2020 to 31 December 2021. Cases were laboratory-confirmed with RT-PCR or rapid test antigen. Epidemiological, demographic, clinical outcomes, vaccination status, and co-morbidities data were collected. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, and MedCalc. A total of 490 cases of COVID-19 in HCWs were diagnosed. The comparison groups were related to the severity of the clinical outcome: the non-severe group (279, 64.65%) included mild and asymptomatic cases, and the potentially severe group included moderate and severe cases. Significant differences between groups were registered for high-risk departments (p = 0.0003), exposure to COVID-19 patients (p = 0.0003, vaccination (p = 0.0003), and the presence of co-morbidities (p < 0.0001). Age, obesity, anemia, and exposure to COVID-19 patients predicted the severity of the clinical outcomes (χ2 (4, n = 425) = 65.69, p < 0.001). The strongest predictors were anemia and obesity (OR 5.82 and 4.94, respectively). In HCWs, mild COVID-19 cases were more frequent than severe cases. Vaccination history, exposure, and individual risk influenced the clinical outcome suggesting that measures to protect HCWs and occupational medicine are important for pandemic preparedness. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Safety Among Healthcare Workers: Infection and Vaccination in COVID-19 Pandemia)
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