Evaluating barriers and potential solutions to speaking up about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms: A survey among nursing home workers.

Gabrielle M GussinRaveena D SinghThomas T TjoaRaheeb SaavedraSherrie H KaplanSusan S Huang

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)

Mandatory COVID-19 testing for NH staff is key to identifying staff COVID-19 cases due to reluctance to speak up about existing symptoms. Active encouragement from supervisors to report symptoms and stay home when ill was a major driver of symptom reporting and resultant infection prevention and worker safety measures.

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