Risk of self-contamination among healthcare workers in the COVID-19 pandemic

Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Aug:46:751-752. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.09.055. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

¹ Department of Veterinary Hygiene, Kielce Regional Veterinary Inspectorate, Kielce, Poland; Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
² Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
³ First Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ First Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medical Service, Higher School of Strategic Planning in Dabrowa Gornicza, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland.
⁶ Polish Society of Disaster Medicine, Warsaw, Poland; Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: Lukasz.szarpak@lazarski.pl.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Healthcare worker; Infection; Personal protective equipment; SARS-CoV-2; Self-contamination.

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