Risk for Acquiring Coronavirus Disease Illness among Emergency Medical Service Personnel Exposed to Aerosol-Generating Procedures

Risk for Acquiring Coronavirus Disease Illness among Emergency Medical Service Personnel Exposed to Aerosol-Generating Procedures

We investigated the risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)­ patients transmitting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to emergency medical service (EMS) providers, stratified by aerosol-generating procedures (AGP), in King County, Washington, USA, during February 16–July 31,...

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Main Authors: Aubrey Brown, Leilani Schwarcz, Catherine R. Counts, Leslie M. Barnard, Betty Y. Yang, Jamie M. Emert, Andrew Latimer, Christopher Drucker, John Lynch, Peter J. Kudenchuk, Michael R. Sayre, Thomas Rea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
aerosol-generating procedures
aerosol transmission
cardiac arrest
coronavirus disease
COVID-19
emergency medical services
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/9/21-0363_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/9/21-0363_article

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