SARS-CoV-2 exposures among healthcare workers in New York City.
Fran A Ganz-LordKathryn R SegalI GendlinaM L RinkeG WestonPublished in: Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) (2022)
HCW exposure to SARS-CoV-2 continues to present staffing challenges to healthcare systems. Even with deviations from standard personal protective equipment protocol, workplace exposures resulted in low frequencies of infection. In our study, the primary source of HCW infection was exposure in the community. Our findings support investing in efforts to educate around continued masking and social distancing in the community in addition to interventions targeted at addressing vaccine hesitancy.