The Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ) has published the results of research on testing for Covid-19 in hospitals, which show that a positive finding is almost three times more likely to be found in unvaccinated health workers compared to vaccinated ones, with the "booster" dose providing special protection .
The aim of the research "Improving the quality of health care in the hospital system related to the suppression of covid-19" was to determine the differences in the prevalence of PCR and BAT test positivity between fully vaccinated healthcare workers compared to non-vaccinated workers.
12 people were included in 1.676 hospitals, of which 1.371 (81,80 percent) were analyzed. On average, 3,95 tests (either PCR or BAT) were performed per research participant. Of all respondents included in the analysis, 831 people (60,61 percent) were vaccinated, while 540 respondents were not vaccinated, reports Večernji list.
Among the vaccinated respondents, 57 of them (6,86 percent) were positive during the examination, and 101 of them (18,70 percent) in the unvaccinated population, which means that a positive finding was found almost three times more often in unvaccinated workers.
In addition, the analysis of vaccinated workers found that out of 475 of them, who received at least two weeks after the "booster" dose, 24 (5,77 percent) were positive, while among the 265 who did not receive the "booster" dose, 30 were positive ( 11,32 percent).
This indicates that in the case of a "booster" dose administered at least two weeks ago, the risk of a positive finding was two times lower than in vaccinated persons who did not receive a "booster" dose, according to HZJZ.
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