Health
care workers
(HCWs) are at
high risk for
exposure to
SARS-CoV2 from
patients and
co-workers,
and many have
died from the
infection.
Occupational
health care
providers in
the U.S. are
currently
developing and
implementing
emergency
protocols for
protecting
HCWs from
COVID-19. The
U.S. Centers
for Disease
Control and
Prevention has
guidance on
return to work
for HCWs with
confirmed or
suspected
COVID-19. In
addition,
there are many
challenging
clinical and
administrative
issues for
occupational
health
providers.
Speakers will
describe
current
knowledge
about the
epidemiology,
treatment, and
virology of
COVID-19,
followed by
recommendations
for best
practices for
occupational
health
providers. Of
special note,
an attending
physician with
occupationally
acquired COVID
infection will
describe her
own experience
with this
disease. The
presentations
will be
followed by
live,
moderated
Q&A.
Moderator/Speaker:
Occupational
Health
Management of
COVID-19
Robert
Harrison, MD,
MPH, Clinical
Professor,
Division of
Occupational
and
Environmental
Medicine,
University of
California San
Francisco
(UCSF). Dr.
Harrison
established
UCSF's
Occupational
Health
Services in
1984, and is
senior
attending
physician. He
is directly
involved with
clinical
management of
COVID-19
exposed UCSF
health care
workers,
symptom
evaluation,
and return to
work.
Speakers:
Epidemiology
and Clinical
Presentation
of COVID-19
Jennifer
Babik, MD, PhD,
Associate
Professor of
Medicine,
UCSF. Dr.
Babik is
trained in
internal
medicine and
specializes in
clinical
infectious
diseases. She
is a member of
the COVID
Clinical
Working Group
at UCSF.
Virology
of and
Diagnostic
Tests for
COVID-19
Chaz
Langelier, MD,
PhD,
Assistant
Professor of
Medicine,
UCSF. Dr.
Langelier is
trained in
internal
medicine,
infectious
disease, lung
disease, and
biochemistry.
He is a member
of the COVID
Clinical
Working Group
at UCSF.
Occupationally
Acquired COVID
Infection: A
Personal
Experience
Coleen
Kivlahan, MD,
MSPH,
Professor,
Family and
Community
Medicine,
UCSF. Dr.
Kivlahan is
also Executive
Director,
UCSF's Primary
Care Service.
In March 2020,
she developed
occupationally
acquired
COVID-19.
