Assessing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission to healthcare personnel: The global ACT-HCP case-control study.

Robert J LentzHenri ColtHeidi ChenRosa CordovillaSpasoje PopevicSarabon TahuraPiero CandoliSara TomassettiGerard J MeacheryBrandon P CohenBryan D HarrisThomas R TalbotFabien Maldonado

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)

COVID-19 transmission to HCP was associated with medical exposures currently considered lower-risk and multiple extra-occupational exposures, and exposures associated with proper use of appropriate PPE were protective. Closer scrutiny of infection control measures surrounding healthcare activities and medical settings considered lower risk, and continued awareness of the risks of public congregation, may reduce the incidence of HCP infection.

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