Safety practices and appropriate infection prevention mitigate potential staffing shortage

Affiliations

¹ Epidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.
² Research and Diagnostic Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.
³ Division of Acute Infectious Disease, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan. Electronic address: inf@cdc.gov.tw.

Comment

Hao-Yuan Cheng et al. J Formos Med Assoc. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;119(9):1452-1453.

doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2020.06.015. Epub 2020 Jun 20.

¹ Epidemic Intelligence Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.
² Research and Diagnostic Center, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.
³ Division of Acute Infectious Disease, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan. Electronic address: inf@cdc.gov.tw.

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