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P-477 Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 at work and coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Survey with workers
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  1. Maria Juliana Moura-Corrêa1,
  2. Augusto Campos,
  3. Ivair Nobrega Luques,
  4. Ana Luiza Michel Cavalcante,
  5. Eliana Napoleão Conzedey Silva,
  6. Hermano Castro,
  7. Brenda Amaral Almeida1,
  8. Evandro Carvalho,
  9. Daniele Correia,
  10. Dario Consonni,
  11. Daniele Carreia,
  12. Paulo Marques,
  13. Fabricio Menegon,
  14. Marco Menezes Carneiro Menezes,
  15. Cyro Haddad,
  16. Camila Henriques Nunes,
  17. Roberto Carlos Ruiz,
  18. Eduardo Bonfim,
  19. Eduardo Siqueira,
  20. Mauricio Hernando Torres Tovar,
  21. Liliane Teixeira,
  22. Rita Mattos
  1. 1Public health school Sergio Arouca, Brazil

Abstract

Introduction With COVID-19 world dissemination, WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Relevance on March, 11th, 2020. In the face of absent effective treatment or vaccine for all, workers unable to comply with social distance were subjected to company health and security management policies. This study explored the knowledge on workspace safety measures.

Methods 2002 workers had accessed to self-reporting forms from December/2020 through March/2021. From these, over a thousand answered some of the questions, while 687 had filled most of the forms on the RedCap platform.

Results From 687 workers distributed in 22 Units of Federation, the greater representation were SP (33%), RJ (30%) RS (19%) states. The majority belonging to health (22%), post office (11,3%), services (9,5%), education (9%) and extractive industry (9%). Participants were 54% women and 59% white. Among them, 24% were confirmed as positive for COVID-19. More than half (53%) believed contamination occurred at or during commute to work and 18% were undetermined. Regarding capacitation promoted by employers, 63% reported it as non-present or insufficient. The majority (70%) considered the collective space to address preventive measures as absent and/or insufficient, as well sanitary barriers use in employee and costumer distancing (2 m). 55% stated individual protection equipment were not supplied regularly and sufficiently since the beginning of pandemic.

Conclusion The findings in this study revealed deficiencies in contingency plans adopted by companies and workplace safety measures policy as well. Furthermore, inadequate protection equipment supply during COVID-19 pandemic was also reported. This situation increased insecurity and exposure risk to SARS-CoV-2 in workers, reducing preventive measures effectiveness to mitigate pandemic, turning workplace in an important locus for virus spread. Financial support: Vice-Presidency of Environment, Attention and Health Promotion of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and Public Ministry of Labor - 4th Region.

https://doi.org/10.1136/OEM-2021-EPI.346

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