Increases in Health-Related Workplace Absenteeism Among Workers in Essential Critical Infrastructure Occupations During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, March–April 2020

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Personal Author:
  Groenewold, Matthew R. ; Burrer, Sherry L. ; Ahmed, Faruque ; Uzicanin, Amra ; Free, Hannah ; Luckhaupt, Sara E.
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? Syndromic methods for monitoring illness outside health care settings, such as tracking absenteeism trends in schools and workplaces, can be useful adjuncts to conventional disease reporting in the pandemic setting. What is added by this report? Whereas the overall impact of COVID-19 on health-related workplace absenteeism in March and April was minor, increases in absenteeism in personal care and service, healthcare support, and production occupations, groups that contain or define essential critical infrastructure workforce categories, highlight the risks and concerns surrounding occupational transmission of SARS-CoV-2. What are the implications for public health practice? Collection of additional occupational data in COVID-19 surveillance might help better understanding of the occupational risk and impact of COVID-19 and identify intervention opportunities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Absenteeism COVID-19 Health Personnel Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Public Health Risk Assessment Safety Viral Diseases Viral Infections

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• Keywords:
  Workers; Absenteeism; Surveillance; Viral infections; Viral diseases; Personal services industry; Services; Health care personnel; Manufacturing; Disease transmission; Disease prevention; Public health; Occupations; Risk analysis; Intervention; Health effects
• Source:
  MMWR 2020 Jul; 69(27):853-858
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195
• Pubmed ID:
  32644979
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7727595
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060228
• Contact Point Address:
  Matthew R. Groenewold, Health Systems and Worker Safety Task Force, CDC COVID-19 Response Team, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC
• Email:
  mgroenewold@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:64551c840f45017aef35e4b0653c30097b572803f9f298868080f1ce8aa7e4d40257c36c6c7cff2faf877eddb309ad412997ce5099826e6d826803188279e653
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/99482/cdc_99482_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 177.05 KB ]