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Assess the impact of hospital-wide universal masking and symptom-based isolation protocols on SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare personnel.

June 24, 2020Infection Control and Hospital EpidemiologyOpen Access

Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve

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Assess the impact of hospital-wide universal masking and symptom-based isolation protocols on SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare personnel.
Evaluated epidemiologic infection curves among healthcare staff following the implementation of universal masking directives.
Applied symptom-based criteria to determine the appropriate timing for discontinuing isolation in infected personnel.
Universal masking implementation was associated with a marked flattening of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemiologic curve among healthcare personnel.
Symptom-based criteria provided an effective framework for safely discontinuing patient and staff isolation without observed surges in secondary transmission.

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Observational study demonstrates flattened infection curves in healthcare workers, indicating that universal masking effectively curbs hospital transmission.

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Symptom-based strategy to discontinue isolation for persons with COVID-19.

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Seidelman et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aaf3885c3eca59fee25cf87 https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.313

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Observational study demonstrates flattened infection curves in healthcare workers, indicating that universal masking effectively curbs hospital transmission.

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Symptom-based strategy to discontinue isolation for persons with COVID-19.

Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve

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Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve

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