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Surgical mask use by healthcare personnel to prevent COVID‐19 spread in a long‐term care facility
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Report
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Journal of General and Family Medicine. March 2021, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p100, 4 p.
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English
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Long‐term care facilities are frequently recognized as high‐risk settings for severe outcomes from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) outbreak. Most residents are elderly or have baseline diseases, and it is [...]
: 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 precautions. Of the 17 confirmed cases of COVID‐19, 14 (14/93, 15.1%) were residents and three (3/69, 4.3%) were healthcare personnel (HCP); no visitors tested positive 0 (0/22, 0.0%). Mask utilization by HCP was not much effective in preventing COVID‐19 transmission, even when interaction was not considered as being in close contact.
: 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 precautions. Of the 17 confirmed cases of COVID‐19, 14 (14/93, 15.1%) were residents and three (3/69, 4.3%) were healthcare personnel (HCP); no visitors tested positive 0 (0/22, 0.0%). Mask utilization by HCP was not much effective in preventing COVID‐19 transmission, even when interaction was not considered as being in close contact.