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
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
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85123037250
PubMed ID
Source
Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales
ISSN of the container
15782549
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