Use of standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection for the prevention of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among home healthcare personnel in hospice and home healthcare settings—King and Snohomish counties, Washington, February–October 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  McMichael, Temet M. ; Duca, Lindsey M. ; Lewis, James ; Riedo, Francis X. ; Wilde, Nancy ; McDonald, Molly ; Spitters, Christopher ; Wechkin, Hope A.
• Description:
  Among EvergreenHealth Home Care Service professionals, no coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were reported when they were instructed to use standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection while providing home health care to patients diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). These precautions might provide some level of protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among home healthcare personnel.
• Keywords:
  COVID-19 Delivery Of Health Care Health Personnel Home Care Services Hospices Humans SARS-CoV-2 Virus Diseases Washington
• Source:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 44(3):510-513
• Pubmed ID:
  35264278
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10503311
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:33959893a48cb18d566edd4d3ed5740e0f9d24f25457c87a8fdf08ac85d20a0d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/133039/cdc_133039_DS1.pdf
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