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Containment of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers: The role of surveillance, early detection, and outbreak management

OBJECTIVE: Staff surveillance is crucial during the containment phase of a pandemic to help reduce potential healthcare-associated transmission and sustain good staff morale. During an outbreak of SARS-COV-2 with community transmission, our institution used an integrated strategy for early detection...

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Autores principales:	Wee, Liang En, Sim, Xiang Ying Jean, Conceicao, Edwin Philip, Aung, May Kyawt, Goh, Jia Qing, Yeo, Dennis Wu Ting, Gan, Wee Hoe, Chua, Ying Ying, Wijaya, Limin, Tan, Thuan Tong, Tan, Ban Hock, Ling, Moi Lin, Venkatachalam, Indumathi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press 2020
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7248595/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32391746 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.219

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