In the field of occupational health and safety, the problem of subjects directly exposed to the specific risk of contact with SARS-CoV-2 is prominent, in particular for healthcare workers (HCWs), universally recognized as those most deeply affected by the infection. In this issue, Keles et al. [1] investigated the underlying characteristics of nurses who died due to COVID-19, carrying out a study on grey literature and collecting data on 1518 reported COVID-19-related nurse deaths in 50 countries, as of 1 September 2020. They found that the median age of the deceased nurses was 56 years, and that the majority of deaths were reported in the 46–65 (32%) year age range. Registered nurses had the highest number of deaths (680/957; 71%), in almost all nursing departments, but particularly mental health nurses (42/153; 28%), with the most reported deaths in the USA, South Africa, Mexico and Russia.

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本期职业医学

在职业健康与安全领域，直接暴露于与 SARS-CoV-2 接触的特定风险的受试者问题突出，特别是对于医疗工作者 (HCW) 而言，他们被普遍认为是受感染影响最深的人。在这个问题上，Keles等人。[1] 调查了死于 COVID-19 的护士的基本特征，开展了一项灰色文献研究，并收集了截至 2020 年 9 月 1 日在 50 个国家中报告的 1518 例与 COVID-19 相关的护士死亡的数据。他们发现，已故护士的中位年龄为 56 岁，大多数死亡报告发生在 46-65 岁（32%）年龄范围内。在几乎所有护理部门，注册护士的死亡人数最多（680/957；71%），但特别是心理健康护士（42/153；28%），美国、南非和墨西哥报告的死亡人数最多和俄罗斯。