Silver linings of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from an infection prevention and control perspective

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, Infection Prevention and Control, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Infection Prevention and Control, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Comment

Kara K Tsang et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;42(11):1408-1409.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1310. Epub 2020 Nov 4.

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Medicine, Infection Prevention and Control, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
³ Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Infection Prevention and Control, McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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