Surgical mask use by healthcare personnel to prevent COVID‐19 spread in a long‐term care facility

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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Main Authors: Toshikazu Abe, Yasuharu Tokuda, Hiroki Iriyama, Masao Iwagami, Akira Komori, Takehiro Sugiyama, Nanako Tamiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of General and Family Medicine
Subjects:
COVID‐19
disease outbreaks
long‐term care
masks
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.394

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