COPE-Birmingham: The contribution of occupational exposures to risk of COVID-19 and approaches to control among healthcare workers

医护人员感染冠状病毒(新冠肺炎)的风险更高。接触感染者、工种和使用口罩等措施会影响他们的风险。然而，工作场所以外的因素也很重要。例如，由于年龄较大，来自少数民族的一些健康状况和家庭环境增加了风险。我们不知道这些方面与工作场所的风险相比如何，也不知道哪些工作风险最大。我们将邀请来自西米德兰兹郡三大NHS信托基金(伯明翰大学医院、伯明翰妇女儿童医院和西米德兰兹救护信托基金)的约5000名不同工作角色和部门的工作人员加入我们的研究。这些人将包括因出现症状而接受新冠肺炎检测的工人。我们还将邀请一些没有症状的工作人员。参与者将被要求完成一份调查问卷，内容包括：-工作类型和性质-与新冠肺炎患者的接触范围和性质(直接、清洁、运输等)-遵守建议感染控制程序的能力-家庭/家庭情况-旅行模式-个人数据和健康状况我们将比较检测呈阳性和阴性的患者的工作场所暴露和其他特征。我们的发现将有助于我们更好地了解医护人员感染的风险，并制定降低风险的指南。

Healthcare workers have higher risk of getting coronavirus (COVID-19 disease). Contact with infected patients, the type of work and measures such as use of masks affect their risk. However, factors outside the workplace are also important. For example, being older, from minority ethnic groups, some health conditions and home circumstances increase risk. We don't know how these aspects compare with workplace risks, or which work exposures are most risky. We will invite about 5000 staff with different job-roles and departments from three large West Midlands NHS Trusts (University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham Women's and Children's and The West Midlands Ambulance Trust) to join our study. These will include workers who had a COVID-19 test because of symptoms. We will also invite some workers with no symptoms. Participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire covering: - type and nature of work - extent and nature of contact with COVID-19 patients (direct, cleaning, transport etc)- ability to comply with recommended infection control procedures - home/family circumstances- travel patterns- personal data and health conditions We will compare workplace exposures and other characteristics amongst those who had positive with those who had negative tests. Our findings will help us to better understand the risk of infection among healthcare workers and to develop guidelines to reduce risk.