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. 2020 Sep 8:ciaa1358. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1358

Decreasing High Risk Exposures for Healthcare-workers through Universal Masking and Universal SARS-CoV-2 Testing upon entry to a Tertiary Care Facility

Jeremey Walker 1,, Molly E Fleece 1, Russell L Griffin 2, Sixto M Leal Jr 3, Jorge A Alsip 4, William S Stigler 5, Sarah D Nafziger 6, Jeanne M Marrazzo 1, Rachael A Lee 1
PMCID: PMC7499559  PMID: 32901247

Abstract

We describe the impact of universal masking and universal testing at admission on high risk exposures to SARS-CoV-2 for healthcare workers. Universal masking decreased the rate per patient day of high risk exposures by 68%, and universal testing further decreased those exposures by 77%.


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