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Combined Infection Control Interventions Protect Essential Food Workers from Occupational Exposures to SARS-CoV-2 in the Agricultural Environment

Published:2023-07-26 Issue:7 Volume:89 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Cooper D. Kane¹^ORCID,Sobolik Julia S.¹^ORCID,Kovacevic Jovana²^ORCID,Rock Channah M.³^ORCID,Sajewski Elizabeth T.¹^ORCID,Guest Jodie L.¹^ORCID,Lopman Ben A.¹^ORCID,Jaykus Lee-Ann⁴,Leon Juan S.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2. Food Innovation Center, Oregon State University, Portland, Oregon, USA

3. Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

4. Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Abstract

This is the first study to estimate the daily risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection across a variety of indoor and outdoor environmental settings relevant to food workers (e.g., shared transportation [car or bus], enclosed produce processing facility and accompanying breakroom, outdoor produce harvesting field, shared housing facility) through a linked quantitative microbial risk assessment framework. Our model has demonstrated that the elevated daily SARS-CoV-2 infection risk experienced by indoor and outdoor produce workers can be reduced below 1% when vaccinations (optimal vaccine efficacy, 86 to 99%) are implemented with recommended infection control strategies (e.g., handwashing, surface disinfection, universal masking, physical distancing, and increased ventilation).

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences

HHS | National Institutes of Health

USDA | National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.00128-23

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