Publication date: Nov 01, 2025
The emergence of COVID-19 surges, exposing healthcare workers (HCWs) to the risk of COVID-19 reinfection, raises the alarm and prompts the search for the most effective infection prevention and control (IPC) practices to promote and sustain their rationalised use. We aimed to assess the role of individual IPC practices in preventing COVID-19 reinfection among HCWs. This was a hospital-based, cross-sectional study conducted during the pandemic that included consenting HCWs involved in COVID care with RTPCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection. We used a self-developed, pre-tested, interviewer-administered, semi-structured questionnaire to collect clinico-demographic details and attitudes towards IPC practices. The responses of HCWs with a single infection and those with reinfection were compared. Resident doctors exhibited higher odds of reinfection (OR = 14. 11; 95% CI: 3. 58-55. 59; p
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | covid-19 |
| Interviewer | eye-protection |
| North | gloves |
| Pandemic | hand-hygiene |
| Reinfection | healthcare workers |
| mask | |
| personal protective equipment | |
| sars-cov2 |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | Infection |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 Reinfection |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | MESH | included |
| disease | MESH | reinfection |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Coenzyme M |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Methionine |