Benchmarking SARS CoV-2 Infection in the Workplace to Support Continuity of Operations

Bart O. Iddins; Mark H. Waugh; Brandon Buck; Tracey Cato; David E. Graham; Kareem Attia; Dan Jones; Adam Partin; Rania Shourbaji; Christopher Wesh

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002188

Benchmarking SARS CoV-2 Infection in the Workplace to Support Continuity of Operations

Bart O. Iddins, Mark H. Waugh, Brandon Buck, Tracey Cato, David E. Graham, Kareem Attia, Dan Jones, Adam Partin, Rania Shourbaji, Christopher Wesh

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic jeopardizes continuity of operations of workplaces and thee health and safety of workers. Exemplar workplace-related SARS-CoV-2 benchmarks are described and illustrated with empirical data.Methods:Benchmarks were collected over a 9-month period on a large workplace (N = 5500+). These ranged from quantitative indices associated with RT-qPCR targeted testing and random surveillance screening, surveillance for new variants of SARS-CoV-2, intensive contact tracing, case management, return to work procedures, to monitoring of antibody seropositive status.Results:Data and analyses substantiated effectiveness of interventions. This was evidenced in suppressed infection rates, rapid case identification and isolation, acceptance of the program by employees, documentation of presumptive immunity, and working relationships with senior management.Conclusions:These SARS-CoV-2 exemplar benchmarks provided an evidence-base for practice and contributed strategically to organizational decisions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	548-556
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	63
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002188
State	Published - Jul 1 2021

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This work represents the opinions of the authors and not of the US DOE, ORNL, or UT-Battelle, LLC, on work authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05–00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The US Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-publicaccessplan ).

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory	DE-AC05–00OR22725

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COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
pandemic response

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Benchmarking SARS CoV-2 Infection in the Workplace to Support Continuity of Operations

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