Transmission of COVID-19 to Health Care Personnel During Exposures to a Hospitalized Patient - Solano County, California, February 2020
- 17 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control MMWR Office in Mmwr-Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Vol. 69 (15), 472-476
- https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6915e5
Abstract
Unprotected, prolonged patient contact, as well as certain exposures, including some aerosol-generating procedures, were associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among health care personnel.Keywords
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