Current SARS-CoV-2 Protective Strategies for Healthcare Professionals

Overview

Journal Biomedicines

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2023 Mar 29

PMID 36979786

Authors

Miriam Ting

John A Molinari

Jon B Suzuki

Affiliations

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Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 was first reported in China in December 2019. SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and spread primarily via an airborne route. Hand hygiene, surgical masks, vaccinations and boosters, air filtration, environmental sanitization, instrument sterilization, mouth rinses, and social distancing are essential infection control measures against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. This paper aims to provide healthcare professionals with evidence-based protective strategies.

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