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Does wearing a surgical mask influence face touching by healthcare workers? A retrospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: At the start of the COVID‐19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCW) in our ED were advised against and actively discouraged from wearing masks when not seeing respiratory patients, as mask wearing was thought to increase the risk of droplet transmission by face touching. The primary objective...

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Autores principales: Joshi, Anil, Jiang, Yannan, Jones, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10087437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36117397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14082