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. 2021 May 29;83(2):207–216. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.030

Table 4.

Contact behavior of diners and staff.

Parameter Diner Mean (SD1) Staff2 Mean (SD1)
No. of contacted diners 5.2 (2.3) 16.4 (12.0)
No. of contacted staff 2.7 (2.0) 10.4 (4.0)
Contact frequency with diner (times/min) 2.1 (1.1) 0.7 (0.6)
Contact frequency with staff (times/min) 0.1 (0.1) 1.9 (1.5)
Percentage of close contacts (%) 96.6 (12.4) 76.0 (25.2)
Duration per close contact (s) 5.5 (2.4) 8.6 (2.0)
Time spent on contact (percentage, %) 19.2 (10.5) 23.5 (16.8)
Time spent of mask wearing (percentage, %) 2.5 8.6
1

SD: standard deviation.

2

Only staff who stayed more than 10 minutes were considered.