PPE, plus training, lowers risk of COVID-19 for health care workers

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200505164637.htm

The review, funded by the World Health Organization, published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

"Most people understand it's a high priority to protect our nurses and doctors," said senior author Roger Chou, M.D., director of the Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center at OHSU and a professor of medicine (general internal medicine and geriatrics) in the OHSU School of Medicine. "In addition to the impact that COVID-19 would have on infected health care workers, they can pose a transmission risk. Plus, they can't work if they become infected, and maintaining health care capacity throughout the pandemic is important."