Hong Kong Study Shows Best Practices Protect Healthcare Workers from COVID-19

Updated: 13 March 2020

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Hong Kong Study Shows Best Practices Protect Healthcare Workers from COVID-19
Handwashing, personal protective equipment among keys to avoiding infection

NEW YORK (March 5, 2020) — Health systems can protect healthcare workers during the COVID-19 outbreak when best practices for infection control are diligently applied along with lessons learned from recent outbreaks, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

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