Decreasing High-risk Exposures for Healthcare Workers Through Universal Masking and Universal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing on Entry to a Tertiary Care Facility.
Jeremey WalkerMolly E FleeceRussell L GriffinSixto M LealJorge A AlsipWilliam S StiglerSarah D NafzigerJeanne M MarrazzoRachael A LeePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
We describe the impact of universal masking and universal testing at admission on high-risk exposures to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 for healthcare workers. Universal masking decreased the rate of high-risk exposures per patient-day by 68%, and universal testing further decreased those exposures by 77%.