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Prevalence of COVID-19 antibodies among operating room and critical care staff at a tertiary teaching hospital

A cross-sectional study

Sara H. Farsi, Thamir A. Alandijany, Mansoor Radwi, Ali Farsi, Wadeeah Bahaaziq, Ibrahim Abushoshah, Sherif A. El-Kafrawy, Salma Alsayed, Esam I. Azhar and Abdulaziz Boker
Saudi Medical Journal July 2021, 42 (7) 742-749; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210348
Sara H. Farsi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Thamir A. Alandijany
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mansoor Radwi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ali Farsi
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Wadeeah Bahaaziq
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim Abushoshah
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sherif A. El-Kafrawy
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Salma Alsayed
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Esam I. Azhar
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulaziz Boker
From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 7 742-749
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20210348
PubMed 
34187918

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received February 28, 2021
  • Accepted May 17, 2021
  • Published online June 28, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Sara H. Farsi, MBBS⇑,
  2. Thamir A. Alandijany, PhD,
  3. Mansoor Radwi, MBBS,
  4. Ali Farsi, MBBS,
  5. Wadeeah Bahaaziq, MBBS,
  6. Ibrahim Abushoshah, MBBS,
  7. Sherif A. El-Kafrawy, PhD,
  8. Salma Alsayed, BSc,
  9. Esam I. Azhar, PhD and
  10. Abdulaziz Boker, MBBS
  1. From the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care (Farsi, Bahaaziq, Abushoshah, Boker), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University; from the Special Infectious Agents Unit (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology (Alandijany, El-Kafrawy, Alsayed, Azhar), Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University; from the Department of Hematology (Radwi), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah; from the Department of Surgery (Farsi), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Jeddah; from the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (Boker), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah; and from the Department of Nursing (Alsayed), Faculty of Al-Qunfudah Health Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Sara Farsi, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: sfarsi{at}kau.edu.sa ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7694-4057
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