Date of filling in this questionnaire or last update: 19/05/2020
1. IDENTIFICATION & BASIC DESCRIPTION
Cohort name
Milan Policlinico Healthcare Workers (POLIMI-HCW)
Country
  • Italy
Name
Dario Consonni
Institution
Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
Email
dario.consonni@unimi.it
Phone
+390255032634
Personal website
https://www.policlinico.mi.it/i-nostri-professionisti/profilo/1027/consonni-dario
Name of committee
Policlinico Hospital Review Board
Contact Principal Investigator (name)
Dario Consonni
Participation in pooled analyses
  • The cohort is potentially interested in participating in pooled analyses of (European) occupational cohort studies (note pooled analyses also includes remote decentralized analyses that would not require any transfer of primary data as well as meta-analyses).
Main aim of cohort, please briefly describe the main objectives of the cohort
To examine occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare workers
Study design (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Prospective cohort
Source population (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Industry / occupation -based
Comparators (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Internal study population
Inclusion criteria
Hospital employed
Year(s) of enrollment
From To
2020
Enrollment
Ongoing
Age range at entry (subcohort)
Minimum Maximum Mean Please describe
20 75
Men at enrollment
1500
Women at enrollment
3500
2. OUTCOME FOLLOW-UP
Type of data for outcome follow-up (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
  • SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal swab and serum antibodies
3. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
Source of exposure data collected (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Questionnaire, Personal (Self-reporting or interview)
  • Job-employment records
Occupational history/time frame
Current, at enrollment
Occupational coding performed
No
4. OUTCOMES EVALUATED
Baseline - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Biomarker (specify)
Specify: Biomarker
SARS-CoV-2 RNA measured via RT-PCR + serum IgG antibodies
Follow-up - type of outcome data collected (select more than one if applicable)
  • Biomarker (specify)
Specify: Biomarker
SARS-CoV-2 RNA measured via RT-PCR + serum IgG antibodies
Outcome type (please select as many as appropriate)
  • Morbidity
Diagnostic groups based on ICD10
  • B Viral infections, type of microorganisms*
B Viral infections, type of microorganisms
  • Other viral infections, please state
B Viral infections, type of microorganisms | Other (specify)
SARS-CoV-2
Other health related outcomes
  • Other (specify)
Specify: Other
PTSD
5. BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES & ANALYSIS
Biological samples collected
  • Blood
  • Other
Specify: Other
Nasopharyngeal mucus
Biological processing
  • RNA
Genetic and other lab analyses
  • Biomarkers (specify)
Specify: Biomarkers
SARS-CoV-2 IgG serum antibodies
6. Other Information
  • Anthropometry
  • Demographics
  • Medical history
  • Smoking
Possibility for linkage to data registries/data enrichment via data linkage
  • Hospital discharge