Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers

This study describes SARS-CoV-2 PCR test positivity among health care workers before, during, and after implementation of a policy requiring universal masking of all health care workers and patients in a large health care system in Massachusetts.

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2020-08, Vol.324 (7), p.703-704
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Xiaowen, Ferro, Enrico G, Zhou, Guohai, Hashimoto, Dean, Bhatt, Deepak L
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Comments COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control COVID-19 - transmission Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control Female Health care Health Personnel Hospitals Humans Infection Control Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control Letter Letters Male Masking Masks Massachusetts - epidemiology Medical personnel Online First Research Letter SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification Severe acute respiratory syndrome Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Zusammenfassung:	This study describes SARS-CoV-2 PCR test positivity among health care workers before, during, and after implementation of a policy requiring universal masking of all health care workers and patients in a large health care system in Massachusetts.
ISSN:	0098-7484 1538-3598
DOI:	10.1001/jama.2020.12897