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.
