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. 2024 Jun;45(6):793-795.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.10. Epub 2024 Feb 12.

Community respiratory viral metrics to inform masking in healthcare settings: A regional consensus approach

Eric J Chow  1   2   3 , Lawrence Lee  1 , Jennifer Lenahan  1 , Sargis Pogosjans  1 , Christopher Baliga  4 , Mary Fairchok  5 , John B Lynch  2 , John Pauk  6 , Francis X Riedo  7 , Paul Thottingal  8 , Danielle M Zerr  9   10 , Nigel Turner  11 , James Lewis  2   12 , Vicki Sakata  10   13 , Jeffrey S Duchin  1   2
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Community respiratory viral metrics to inform masking in healthcare settings: A regional consensus approach

Eric J Chow et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

E.J.C. reports receiving a travel grant from IDSA to attend ID Week 2022 and honoraria from Providence Re.gional Medical Center Everett for presentations on COVID-19. D.M.Z. receives research funding from Merck and consults with Allovir on an endpoint adjudication committee for 2 trials. F.X.R. receives research funding from Pfizer and serves on the speaker’s bureau for GlaxoSmithKline. All other authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Emergency department visit trends and threshold alerts for COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, King County, Washington. Boxes represent 1 week.
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