Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 254 days ago
MATCH
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
Up to 20% of cases of COVID-19 disease in some countries have been reported to be healthcare workers. The prevalence of HCW infections has not been properly documented due to lack of comprehensive studies. This information is crucial for infection control and to maintain the workforce during a pandemic. In addition, as HCWs are frequently exposed to infected patients they represent an ideal population in which to characterise immune responses to the infection. Discovering the frequency and impact of HCW infections will allow better workforce planning in the NHS as well as establishing whether a positive antibody test can allow staff to safely return to work with a low risk of infection. 2000 HCW in NHS Tayside and from social care will have blood samples tested with a validated laboratory assay to detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. The aims of the study are to identify undiagnosed asymptomatic healthcare worker infections with COVID-19, to understand the burden of undetected infections and to identify in patients with detectable antibodies can be reinfected with COVID-19.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom,Scotland,Tayside Region
Temporal
Start Date:
27 May 2020
End Date:
01 September 2020
Frequency:
Static
Distribution Release Date:
28 September 2021
Provenance
Collection Situation:
Secondary care - Outpatients
Access and Governance
Usage
Resource Creator:
Professor James Chalmers, University of Dundee
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
HIC has implemented a remote-access "Safe Haven" environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data.
Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis.
Full details are available via the following link:
https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
University of Dundee
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
Database
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Persons
There are 2036 participants of the MATCH study
2036
Count
28 September 2021