Surgical mask use by healthcare personnel to prevent COVID‐19 spread in a long‐term care facility
Abstract Long‐term care facilities are a recognized high‐risk setting for severe outcomes during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak. This study describes a COVID‐19 outbreak in a long‐term care facility in Japan. The index case was a nurse who wore a surgical mask and used standard pre...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-03-01
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Series: | Journal of General and Family Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.394 |