Title
Occupational safety and health management of COVID-19 at a company in the Peruvian fishing sector
Date Issued
15 July 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Solorzano-Aquino D.A.
CASTILLO MARTINEZ, WILLIAMS ESTEWARD
MIÑAN OLIVOS, GUILLERMO SEGUNDO
SIMPALO LOPEZ, WILSON DANIEL
Publisher(s)
Academy of Medical and Health Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occupational safety and health management of COVID-19 at a company in the Peruvian fishing sector Methods: The independent variable was occupational safety and health management, defined as the implementation of preventive and control measures in response to COVID-19. The dependent variable was defined as the number of detected COVID-19 cases and test positivity rate. We used a pre- (implementation phase) and post-test (following the implementation phase) study design. We performed a non-parametric inferential analysis to identify any significant pre- and post-test differences and any associations between the variables. RESULTS: The company initiated a strategy to detect positive cases through the use of serological tests. During the first stage, 2329 tests were conducted, yielding a positivity rate of 71%. Once prevention and control actions were implemented, the positivity rate in August 2020 had decreased to 15.65%,, a statistically significant decrease (p<0.05), as well as its relationship to the measures implemented. CONCLUSIONS: This occupational safety and health intervention significantly reduced the number of COVID-19 cases and positivity rate in this group of workers in the Peruvian fishing sector.
Start page
240
End page
251
Volume
24
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85123037250
PubMed ID
Source
Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales
ISSN of the container
15782549
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus