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Transmission of infection among health care personnel performing surgical tracheostomies on COVID-19 patients

BACKGROUND: Staff and patient safety are of paramount importance while performing a surgical tracheostomy (ST) during the corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim was to assess the incidence of COVID-19 infection among the healthcare personnel (HCP) performing ST on COVID-19 patients. METHO...

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Autores principales: Angamuthu, Natarajan, Geraldine Gagasa, Emelia, Baker, Daryll, Tsui, Janice, Evan D'Souza, Rovan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Scottish charity number SC005317) and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33722466
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surge.2021.01.007