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Quantify the number of United States workers frequently exposed to infection and disease in the workplace to guide public health risk management for COVID-19 and future epidemics.

April 28, 2020PLoS ONEOpen Access

Estimating the burden of United States workers exposed to infection or disease: A key factor in containing risk of COVID-19 infection

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MBMarissa G. BakerRoosevelt University TPTrevor PeckhamPublic Health – Seattle & King County NSNoah SeixasUniversity of Washington

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals widespread occupational infection exposure in United States workers, highlighting workplaces as essential targets for disease control.

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Quantify the number of United States workers frequently exposed to infection and disease in the workplace to guide public health risk management for COVID-19 and future epidemics.
Merged national employment statistics across Standard Occupational Classification categories from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) with the BLS O*NET survey measure on workplace infection or disease exposure frequency.
Estimated the nationwide proportion and total count of workers exposed to disease or infection more than once a month and at least once a week.
Approximately 10% (14.4 million) of United States workers work in occupations with exposure to disease or infection at least once per week.
Approximately 18.4% (26.7 million) of all United States workers face workplace exposure to infection or disease at least once per month.
While healthcare workers form the majority of exposed individuals, significant exposure also occurs in protective services, education, office and administrative support, social services, and construction and extraction sectors.

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Baker et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0dcdc388250cfcc2a52b31 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232452

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals widespread occupational infection exposure in United States workers, highlighting workplaces as essential targets for disease control.

Estimating the burden of United States workers exposed to infection or disease: A key factor in containing risk of COVID-19 infection

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