Abstract
Objective : To find out the role of additional dose of BCG vaccination in health care workers in prevention of COVID-19 infection Study design : A prospective study to find out the incidence of COVID 19 infection in healthcare worker exposed to COVID-19 indoor patients by doing RT- PCR testing at the end of 15 days of COVID duty. Setting : The study was conducted at Noida COVID Hospital, Noida District Hospital and Superspecialilty PG Teaching institute (SSPGTI) hospital, Noida Result : No Health care worker who received additional dose dose of BCG vaccination contracted COVID infection as confirmed by RT-PCR at the end of 15 days of indoor COVID duty (Nil out of 80 healthcare workers) whereas in controls i.e. those who were not vaccinated 28 out of 130 controls contracted COVID-19 infection. Conclusion : Additional dose of BCG vaccination after the age of 20 year in healthcare workers engaged in care of admitted COVID-19 patients has a protective role since the COVID status of the patients attending hospitals for any other ailments is not known routine BCG immunization of the medical staff is recommended
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