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Author: Yuemei Zhang; Sheng-Ru Cheng
Title: Estimating Preventable COVID19 Infections Related to Elective Outpatient Surgery in Washington State: A Quantitative Model
  • Document date: 2020_3_20
    • ID: mrsjhjh4_27
    Snippet: Of note, the majority of new infections are transmitted by asymptomatic infected HCW, not by patients. By exclusively examining outpatient surgeries, we have a constant flow of patients in and out of the system, whereas the HCW stay at the surgical center or hospital for much longer periods of time, and the proportion of asymptomatic infected HCW that patients interact with accumulates. While we did not look at other healthcare settings, this see.....
    Document: Of note, the majority of new infections are transmitted by asymptomatic infected HCW, not by patients. By exclusively examining outpatient surgeries, we have a constant flow of patients in and out of the system, whereas the HCW stay at the surgical center or hospital for much longer periods of time, and the proportion of asymptomatic infected HCW that patients interact with accumulates. While we did not look at other healthcare settings, this seems to suggest that minimizing the risk of COVID-19 infection to HCW in general may be important to preventing hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections in patients as well.

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