Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) risk among healthcare workers performing nasopharyngeal testing

Kevin L Schwartz^{1

2}, Matthew P Muller¹, Victoria Williams³, Robin Harry⁴, Sonya Booker¹, Kevin Katz⁴, Jerome A Leis^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Kevin L Schwartz et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;43(3):395-397.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.354. Epub 2021 Aug 2.

Kevin L Schwartz^{1

2}, Matthew P Muller¹, Victoria Williams³, Robin Harry⁴, Sonya Booker¹, Kevin Katz⁴, Jerome A Leis^{3

5}

¹ Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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