Abstract
Background and Aims: During the Corona Virus Disease-19 outbreak, it is believed that ten percent of all health care professionals (HCPs) were affected. HCPs' safety measures have changed because of aerosol-generating techniques. As a result, we looked at the effectiveness of endoscopic safety measures and prevalence among HCPs who operate in an endoscopy unit.
 Methods: Techniques such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) serum-assay were used to assess the COVID-19 status of 117 healthcare workers (HCWs). It has been shown that the existence of the COVID-19 is related to demographic variables, work profile, location of employment, & medical history in research.
 Results: 38 HCWs tested positive for COVID-19 using either a PCR assay (23.93%) or simply an IgG testing (32.48 percent) (8.55%). COVID-19 incidence was significantly greater (P = 0.003) among endoscopy technicians when compared to doctors (68.75% (20.69%). Those who worked in critical care units were shown to be more susceptible to COVID-19 (42.86%). One hundred and sixty-six healthcare workers who received enough hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis were tested for COVID-19, and none were positive. Everyone who had been exposed to COVID-19 recovered. There was also a substantial decrease in the number of "man-days" worked.
 Conclusion: We discovered a statistically significant COVID-19 risk among healthcare workers in the Gastroenterology department, with endoscopy technologists having the highest risk. More stringent triaging & pre-testing of patients and healthcare workers may help to decrease the risk of COVID-19 infection. Additional multicenter studies are needed to further understand the risk and its related variables.
Highlights
We looked at the effectiveness of endoscopic safety measures and prevalence among health care professionals (HCPs) who operate in an endoscopy unit
It was advised that emergency operations be carried out with proper personal protective equipment (PPE), with nonurgent treatments being chosen on a case-bycase basis
RTPCR further showed that despite never being suspected or diagnosed with COVID-19, 10 (8.55%) HCWs tested positive for the COVID-19 IgG antibody
Summary
The epidemic is still spreading throughout the world, but that GI endoscopy units are restarting operations around the world, it's more important than ever to review data on safety measures and their efficacy in avoiding COVID-19 transmission to healthcare professionals [1,12]. This research looked at the prevalence and outcome of COVID-19 among HCPs during endoscopic operations at a single tertiary care facility to determine how effective safety measures were [13,14]. We looked at the effectiveness of endoscopic safety measures and prevalence among HCPs who operate in an endoscopy unit. COVID-19 incidence was significantly greater (P = 0.003) among endoscopy technicians when compared to doctors (68.75% (20.69%) Those who worked in critical care units were shown to be more susceptible to COVID-19 (42.86%).
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