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Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This study describes SARS-CoV-2 PCR test positivity among health care workers before, during, and after implementation of a policy requiring universal masking of all health care workers and patients in a large health care system in Massachusetts.

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.12897

Authors: Xiaowen Wang, Enrico G. Ferro, Guohai Zhou, Dean Hashimoto, Deepak L. Bhatt

Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mass General Brigham

Language: English

Topic: Infection Control and Ventilation

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Massachusetts General Hospital