Use of surveillance technology to enhance exposure management for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

H J Ho¹, W Y Lim², B Ang³, A Chow²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Electronic address: hanleyho@gmail.com.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.

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H J Ho et al. J Hosp Infect. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan:107:101-102.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.09.024. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

H J Ho¹, W Y Lim², B Ang³, A Chow²

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Electronic address: hanleyho@gmail.com.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Office of Clinical Epidemiology, Analytics, and Knowledge, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
³ Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.

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Containment of COVID-19 among ancillary healthcare workers: an integral component of infection control.
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