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Association Between Universal Masking in a Health Care System and SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Among Health Care Workers
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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.
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Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era
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- Authors
- Wang, X., Ferro, E. G., Zhou, G., Hashimoto, D., & Bhatt, D. L.
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2020-08-18
- Volume
- 324
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 703
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W3043000797
- Cited by
- 339
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 37.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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