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Overview
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Prevention
of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Healthcare Workers
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Facial
protection for healthcare workers
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Garcia Godoy LR, Jones AE, Anderson TN, Fisher CL, Seeley KML,
Beeson EA, Zane HK, Peterson JW, Sullivan PD.
Facial
protection for healthcare workers during pandemics: a scoping
review.
BMJ
Glob Health. 2020 May 5. 2020;5(5):e002553. doi:
10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002553. Review. _
Main question:
Efficacy of different facial protection devices, especially in
light of N95 respirator shortages.
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Liang M, Gao L, Cheng C, Zhou Q, Uy JP, Heiner K, Sun C.
Efficacy
of face mask in preventing respiratory virus transmission: A
systematic review and meta-analysis.
medRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 May 5. doi:
10.1101/2020.04.03.20051649. Review and meta-analysis.
Travel
Med Infect Dis. 2020 May 28. 2020;36:101751. doi:
10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101751. _
Main
question: To evaluate the effectiveness
of the use of masks to prevent laboratory-confirmed respiratory
virus transmission.
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N95
respirators vs surgical masks
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Bartoszko JJ, Farooqi MAM, Alhazzani W, Loeb M.
Medical
masks vs N95 respirators for preventing COVID-19 in healthcare
workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized
trials.
Influenza
Other Respir Viruses. 2020 Apr 4.
2020;14(4):365-373. doi: 10.1111/irv.12745. Review &
Meta-analysis. _
Main question:
Compare medical masks to N95 respirators in preventing laboratory
confirmed viral infection and respiratory illness including
coronavirus specifically in health care workers.
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Personal
protective equipment
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Verbeek JH, Rajamaki B, Ijaz S, Sauni R, Toomey E, Blackwood B,
Tikka C, Ruotsalainen JH, Kilinc Balci FS.
Personal
protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due
to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare
staff.
Cochrane
Database Syst Rev. 2020 May 15. 2020;5:CD011621.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011621.pub5. Review. _
Main question: To
evaluate which type of full-body PPE and which method of donning
or do.ing PPE have the least risk of contamination or infection
for HCW, and which training methods increase compliance with PPE
protocols.
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Clinical
investigations
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Backer JA, Klinkenberg D, Wallinga J.
Incubation period
of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections among travellers
from Wuhan, China, 20-28 January 2020.
medRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 Jan 30. doi:
10.1101/2020.01.27.20018986. Epidemiology study.
Euro
Surveill. 2020 Feb 6. 2020;25(5):2000062. doi:
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.5.2000062. _
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Benvenuto, D., Giovanetti, M., Ciccozzi, A.,
Spoto, S., Angeletti, S., Ciccozzi, M.
The
2019-new Coronavirus epidemic: evidence for virus
evolution.
bioRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 Jan 24. doi:
10.1101/2020.01.24.915157. Epidemiology study.
J
Med Virol.
2020 Feb 7. 2020;92(4):455-459. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25688.
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Linton NM, Kobayashi T, Yang Y, Hayashi K, Akhmetzhanov AR, Jung
SM, Yuan B, Kinoshita R, Nishiura H.
Incubation Period
and Other Epidemiological Characteristics of 2019 Novel
Coronavirus Infections with Right Truncation: A Statistical
Analysis of Publicly Available Case Data.
medRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 Jan 28. doi:
10.1101/2020.01.26.20018754. Epidemiology study.
J
Clin Med. 2020 Feb 17. 2020;9(2):538. doi:
10.3390/jcm9020538. _
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Read JM., Bridgen, J. R., Cummings, D. A.,
Ho, A., Jewell, C. P.
Novel
coronavirus 2019-nCoV: early estimation of epidemiological
parameters and epidemic predictions.
medRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 Jan 28. doi:
10.1101/2020.01.23.20018549. Epidemiology study. _
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Riou J, Althaus CL.
Pattern
of early human-to-human transmission of Wuhan 2019-nCoV.
bioRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 Jan 24. doi:
10.1101/2020.01.23.917351. Epidemiology study. _
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Shao P, Shan Y.
Beware
of asymptomatic transmission: Study on 2019-nCoV prevention and
control measures based on extended SEIR model.
bioRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 Jan 28. doi:
10.1101/2020.01.28.923169. Epidemiology study. _
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Thompson RN.
2019-20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak: Intense
surveillance is vital for preventing sustained transmission in new
locations.
bioRxiv.
Unrefereed manuscript. 2020 Jan 25. doi:
10.1101/2020.01.24.919159. Epidemiology study.
J
Clin Med. 2020 Feb 11. 2020;9(2):498.
doi: 10.3390/jcm9020498. _
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Prevention
of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Healthcare Workers
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Cattelan AM, Sasset L, Di Meco E, Cocchio S, Barbaro F, Cavinato
S, Gardin S, Carretta G, Donato D, Crisanti A, Trevenzoli M, Baldo
V.
An Integrated Strategy for the Prevention of SARS-CoV-2
Infection in Healthcare Workers: A Prospective Observational
Study.
Int
J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 10.
2020;17(16):5785. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165785. Prospective study.
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Medical
masks, cloth masks
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MacIntyre CR, Seale H, Dung TC, Hien NT, Nga PT, Chughtai AA,
Rahman B, Dwyer DE, Wang Q.
A cluster randomised trial of
cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers.
BMJ
Open. 2015 Apr 22. 2015;5(4):e006577. doi:
10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006577. Randomized controlled trial. _
Comment added by Author(s): BMJ
Open. 2020 Mar 30. _
Main question: To
compare the efficacy of cloth masks to medical masks in hospital
healthcare workers.
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Training
on personal protective equipment.
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Christensen L, Rasmussen CS, Benfield T, Franc JM.
A
randomized trial of instructor-led training versus video lesson
in training health care providers in proper donning and doffing of
personal protective equipment.
Disaster
Med Public Health Prep. 2020 Mar 30. 2020;1-15.
doi: 10.1017/dmp.2020.56. Randomized controlled trial. _
Main question: Is
attending one live training session or watching video trainings
over a month more effective for training on downing and doffing
personal protective equipment?
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