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. 2023 Mar;44(3):510-513.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.499. Epub 2022 Mar 10.

Use of standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection for the prevention of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among home healthcare personnel in hospice and home healthcare settings-King and Snohomish counties, Washington, February-October 2020

Temet M McMichael #  1   2 , Lindsey M Duca #  2 , James Lewis  1 , Francis X Riedo  3 , Nancy Wilde  3 , Molly McDonald  3 , Christopher Spitters  4 , Hope A Wechkin  3
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Use of standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection for the prevention of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among home healthcare personnel in hospice and home healthcare settings-King and Snohomish counties, Washington, February-October 2020

Temet M McMichael et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Among EvergreenHealth Home Care Service professionals, no coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were reported when they were instructed to use standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection while providing home health care to patients diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). These precautions might provide some level of protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among home healthcare personnel.

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Conflicts of interest. The authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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