Ophthalmic Workplace Modifications for the Post-COVID Era

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates implementation of exposure control measures in all facets of the healthcare sector. Healthcare professionals who work in busy ophthalmology clinics and theaters are amidst the highest at-risk of contracting COVID-19. The authors review the up-to-date scientific evi...

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Autores principales: Naveed, Hasan, Leung, Victor, Zarei-Ghanavati, Mehran, Leak, Christopher, Liu, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PUBLISHED BY KNOWLEDGE E 2020
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7431711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864070
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v15i3.7458
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author Naveed, Hasan
Leung, Victor
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Leak, Christopher
Liu, Christopher
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description The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates implementation of exposure control measures in all facets of the healthcare sector. Healthcare professionals who work in busy ophthalmology clinics and theaters are amidst the highest at-risk of contracting COVID-19. The authors review the up-to-date scientific evidence of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to demystify and explain the exposure control options available for ophthalmic workplace and offer insights from an industrial hygiene standpoint. As the we enter the post-COVID world, these measures will be critical to enhance workplace safety, and thus protect patients and staff alike.
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spelling pubmed-74317112020-08-28 Ophthalmic Workplace Modifications for the Post-COVID Era Naveed, Hasan Leung, Victor Zarei-Ghanavati, Mehran Leak, Christopher Liu, Christopher J Ophthalmic Vis Res Perspective The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates implementation of exposure control measures in all facets of the healthcare sector. Healthcare professionals who work in busy ophthalmology clinics and theaters are amidst the highest at-risk of contracting COVID-19. The authors review the up-to-date scientific evidence of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to demystify and explain the exposure control options available for ophthalmic workplace and offer insights from an industrial hygiene standpoint. As the we enter the post-COVID world, these measures will be critical to enhance workplace safety, and thus protect patients and staff alike. PUBLISHED BY KNOWLEDGE E 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7431711/ /pubmed/32864070 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v15i3.7458 Text en Copyright © 2020 Naveed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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