Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings in a Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
Chetan JinadathaLucas D JonesHosoon ChoiPiyali ChatterjeeMunok HwangSarah N RedmondMaria E NavasTrina F ZabarskyDavinder BhullarJennifer L CadnumCurtis J DonskeyPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)
Clusters of COVID-19 with nosocomial transmission predominantly involved health care personnel and often occurred in outpatient clinics and ancillary care areas. There is a need for improved measures to prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by health care personnel in inpatient and outpatient settings.
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