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How to keep patients and staff safe from accidental SARS-CoV-2 exposure in the emergency room: Lessons from South Korea's explosive COVID-19 outbreak.

Yun Jeong KimJae Young ChoeKi Tae KwonSoyoon HwangGyu-Seog ChoiJin Ho SohnJong Kun KimIn Hwan YeoYeon Joo ChoJi Yeon HamKyung Eun SongNan Young Lee
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)
Problematic accidental exposure and nosocomial transmission of COVID-19 can be successfully prevented through active isolation and surveillance policies and comprehensive PPE use despite longer ER stays and the presence of more severely ill patients during a severe COVID-19 outbreak.
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