Stilla Bauernfeind, Gunnar Huppertz, Karolina Mueller, Florian Hitzenbichler, Loredana Hardmann, Sylvia Pemmerl, Harald Hollnberger, Wolfgang Sieber, Matthias Wettstein, Stephan Seeliger, Klaus Kienle, Christian Paetzel, Norbert Kutz, Dionys Daller, Niels Zorger, Arno Mohr, Benedikt M J Lampl, Bernd Salzberger
Background: Reactogenicity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines can result in inability to work. The object of this study was to evaluate health care workers' sick leave after COVID-19 vaccination and to compare it with sick leave due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and quarantine leave. Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional survey was conducted at Regensburg University Medical Center and 10 teaching hospitals in South-East Germany from July 28 to October 15, 2021...
July 2022: Open Forum Infectious Diseases