Serological Diagnostics of COVID-19 in Health Care Workers

• Conditions: SARS-CoV Infection

• Registration Number: NCT04635592
• Lead Sponsor: University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Study Start: 2020-11
• Study First Submitted: 2020-11-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-11-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-18
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-19
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-20
• Primary Completion: 2020-12-31
• Study Completion: 2021-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• employee of Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at UMC Ljubljana
• active current employment at the department

Exclusion Criteria

• current sick-leave

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
positive nasal swab and serological test	2 months	Rate of positive nasal swab and serological tests for SARS-CoV2 among health care workers

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Relation of positive SARS-CoV2 tests to risky contact history	8 months	Relation of positive SARS-CoV2 tests to history of contacts with COVID-19 infected patients since the beginning of pandemia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Medical Centre Ljubljana; 🇸🇮 Ljubljana, Slovenia