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. 2020 Nov;24(11):1145-1146.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23645.

Hospitals may Become "Disease Hotspots" for COVID-19 amid Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment

Mohan P Patel  1 , Vivek B Kute  2 , Jitendra Goswami  3 , Manish R Balwani  4
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Hospitals may Become "Disease Hotspots" for COVID-19 amid Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment

Mohan P Patel et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 Nov.

Abstract

How to cite this article: Patel MP, Kute VB, Goswami J, Balwani MR. Hospitals may Become "Disease Hotspots" for COVID-19 amid Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(11):1145-1146.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; Occupational health; Prevention.

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