DISASTER MEDICINE No. 1 •2025

https://doi.org/10.33266/2070-1004-2025-1

Original article

Mortality from Occupational Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 among Health Workers of Medical Institutions of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency

Tukov A.R. 1, Ziyatdinov M.N. 1, Kretov A.S. 1, Mikhailenko A.M. 1, Archegova M.G. 1

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1 State Research Center – Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russian Federation

UDC 614.2:578.834.1

Pp. 19-23

 

Summary. The objective of the study is to assess mortality from coronavirus infection COVID-19 (ICD-10: U07.1 – Coronavirus infection, COVID-19, the virus has been identified) as confirmed cases of occupational disease of healthcare workers (HR) of medical treatment organizations (MTO) of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA of Russia) in 2020-2022.

Materials and methods of the study. Research materials – data from the Industry Register of Persons with Occupational Diseases, FMBA of Russia (ORPROFI). Information was entered into the register based on notifications of the final diagnosis of an acute or chronic occupational disease (poisoning), its clarification or cancellation, and acts of investigation of these cases of occupational diseases.

Research methods – intensive and extensive indicators were calculated for 10 thousand healthcare workers. Differences between them were considered statistically significant at t≥2 and p≤0.05.

Research results and their analysis. The analysis of the study results showed the stability of the dynamics of mortality from occupational coronavirus infection COVID-19 among medical workers of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia over the observed period: a decrease in mortality among doctors and mid-level medical personnel and an increase in mortality among junior medical personnel. It was noted that the mortality rate among medical workers from COVID-19 increased sharply in 2021 compared to 2020, which may be due, in particular, to the influence on this indicator in 2021 of occupational morbidity among older people and their more severe condition during illness.

Keywords: coronavirus infection COVID-19, Federal Medical and Biological Agency, medical treatment organizations, medical workers, mortality, occupational morbidity 

For citation: Tukov A.R., Ziyatdinov M.N., Kretov A.S., Mikhaylenko A.M., Archegova M.G. Mortality from Occupational Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 among Health Workers of Medical Institutions of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency. Meditsina Katastrof = Disaster Medicine. 2025;1:19-23 (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33266/2070-1004-2025-1-19-23

 

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The material was received 15.10.24; the article after peer review procedure 30.01.25; the Editorial Board accepted the article for publication 13.03.25