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Healthcare workers’ high COVID-19 infection rate: the source of infections and potential for respirators and surgical masks to reduce occupational infections

2020-08-18

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<h4>Objective</h4> To analyse the work-related exposure to SARS-CoV-2 and trace the source of COVID-19 infections in tertiary hospitals’ healthcare workers in light of the used PPE and their ability to maintain social distances and follow governmental restrictions. <h4>Design</h4> Cross-sectional study <h4>Setting</h4> Tertiary hospitals in Uusimaa region, Finland <h4>Participants</h4> Of 1072 enrolled, 866 HCWs (...

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Literature Corpus work: 1414ffad-9261-51cc-b30c-b6a978386038
DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.17.20176842

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