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An analysis of the risks of COVID-19 exposure to hospital employees at a private hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Background The healthcare workers provide the services to reduce morbidity and mortality rates. However, they are also exposed directly to the patients. WHO reports that 88% of health workers were infected with COVID-19 while working in hospitals, and 17% got exposure from communities. This study analyzes the overview of risk exposure to COVID-19 and risk factors of COVID-19 exposure to hospital employees at a private hospital in Yogyakarta during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods This study employs a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design study. The data collecting is using an online questionnaire to assess the risk of COVID-19 exposure toward healthcare workers.

Results From 101 employees who participated to be the respondent, 13 employees had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during work in the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a significant difference between IPC compliance with the incidence of COVID-19 (p=0.046). Meanwhile, there were no significant differences between comorbidity (p=0.205) and duration of work (p=0.125) with the incidence number of COVID-19. Based on the ANOVA analysis, there was no significant difference between; IPC compliance, comorbidity, and duration of work with the incidence number of COVID-19 (p=0.092).

Conclusion The risk of healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 could be through various factors within and outside the hospital. Compliance with IPC, comorbidities, and duration of work only affect as much as 6.4% of the incidence of COVID-19 among hospital employees.