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Understanding SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among health care personnel is important to explore risk factors for transmission, develop elimination strategies and form a view on the necessity and frequency of surveillance in the future. We enrolled 4927 health care personnel working in pediatric units at 32 hospitals from 7 different regions of Turkey in a study to determine SARS Co-V-2 seroprevalence after the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. A point of care serologic lateral flow rapid test kit for immunoglobulin (Ig)M/IgG was used. Seroprevalence and its association with demographic characteristics and possible risk factors were analyzed. SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity prevalence in health care personnel tested was 6.1%. Seropositivity was more common among those who did not universally wear protective masks (10.6% vs 6.1%). Having a COVID-19-positive co-worker increased the likelihood of infection. The least and the most experienced personnel were more likely to be infected. Most of the seropositive health care personnel (68.0%) did not suspect that they had previously had COVID-19. Health surveillance for health care personnel involving routine point-of-care nucleic acid testing and monitoring personal protective equipment adherence are suggested as important strategies to protect health care personnel from COVID-19 and reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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Pembe Derin Oygar, Ayşe Büyükçam, Zümrüt Şahbudak Bal, Nazan Dalgıç, Şefika Elmas Bozdemir, Adem Karbuz, Benhur Şirvan Çetin, Yalçın Kara, Ceren Çetin, Nevin Hatipoğlu, Hatice Uygun, Fatma Deniz Aygün, Selda Hançerli Törün, Dicle Şener Okur, Dilek Yılmaz Çiftdoğan, Tuğçe Tural Kara, Aysun Yahşi, Arife Özer, Sevliya Öcal Demir, Gülşen Akkoç, Cansu Turan, Enes Salı, Semra Şen, Emine Hafize Erdeniz, Soner Sertan Kara, Melike Emiroğlu, Tuğba Erat, Hacer Aktürk, Sibel Laçinel Gürlevik, Murat Sütçü, Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli Aydın, Başak Yıldız Atikan, Edanur Yeşil, Gizem Güner, Emel Çelebi, Kadir Efe, Didem Kızmaz İşançlı, Habibe Selver Durmuş, Seher Tekeli, Ayşe Karaaslan, Lida Bülbül, Habip Almış, Özge Kaba, Yıldız Ekemen Keleş, Bahadır Yazıcıoğlu, Şerife Bahtiyar Oğuz, Hüsnü Fahri Ovalı, Hazal Helin Doğan, Solmaz Çelebi, Deniz Çakır, Burcugül Karasulu, Gülsüm Alkan, İrem Yenidoğan, Doruk Gül, Burcu Parıltan Küçükalioğlu, Gülhadiye Avcu, Musa Gürel Kukul, Melis Bilen, Belma Yaşar, Tuğba Üstün, Ömer Kılıç, Yasemin Akın, Sinem Oral Cebeci, Ibrahim Hakan Bucak, Mehpare Sarı Yanartaş, Aslıhan Şahin, Sertaç Arslanoğlu, Murat Elevli, Rabia Çoban, Şadiye Kübra Tüter Öz, Halil Hatipoğlu, İlyas Tolga Erkum, Mehmet Turgut, Asuman Demirbuğa, Taha Özçelik, Diclehan Çiftçi, Emine Ergül Sarı, Gökhan Akkuş, Sadık Sami Hatipoğlu, Ener Çağrı Dinleyici, Mustafa Hacımustafaoğlu, Ferda Özkınay, Zafer Kurugöl, Ali Bülent Cengiz, Ayper Somer, Hasan Tezer, Ateş Kara. SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among pediatric health care personnel after the first peak of the pandemic: nationwide surveillance in Turkey. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2021 Dec;113:184-189

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PMID: 34592441

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