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Use of standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection for the prevention of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission among home healthcare personnel in hospice and home healthcare settings—King and Snohomish counties, Washington, February–October 2020

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2022

Temet M. McMichael Open the ORCID record for Temet M. McMichael [Opens in a new window] ,
Lindsey M. Duca ,
James Lewis ,
Francis X. Riedo ,
Nancy Wilde ,
Molly McDonald ,
Christopher Spitters  and
Hope A. Wechkin
Temet M. McMichael*
Affiliation:
Public Health—Seattle and King County, Seattle, Washington Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Lindsey M. Duca*
Affiliation:
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
James Lewis
Affiliation:
Public Health—Seattle and King County, Seattle, Washington
Francis X. Riedo
Affiliation:
EvergreenHealth, Kirkland, Washington
Nancy Wilde
Affiliation:
EvergreenHealth, Kirkland, Washington
Molly McDonald
Affiliation:
EvergreenHealth, Kirkland, Washington
Christopher Spitters
Affiliation:
Snohomish Health District, Snohomish, Washington
Hope A. Wechkin
Affiliation:
EvergreenHealth, Kirkland, Washington
*
Author for correspondence: Lindsey M. Duca, E-mail: [email protected]. Or Temet M. McMichael, 401 W 5th Ave, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98104. E-mail: [email protected]
Author for correspondence: Lindsey M. Duca, E-mail: [email protected]. Or Temet M. McMichael, 401 W 5th Ave, Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98104. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Among EvergreenHealth Home Care Service professionals, no coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were reported when they were instructed to use standard, contact, and droplet precautions with eye protection while providing home health care to patients diagnosed with laboratory-confirmed severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). These precautions might provide some level of protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among home healthcare personnel.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , March 2023 , pp. 510 - 513
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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