Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
February 18, 2020
Protecting health-care workers from subclinical coronavirus infection
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting
- In this correspondence, authors describe several recent incidents in clinical settings that suggest the possible asymptomatic transmission of 2019-nCoV. They highlight the need for high-level personal protective equipment for health care workers, even when working with subclinical patients and those who have recovered from acute illness.
Chang et al. (Feb 13, 2020) Protecting health-care workers from subclinical coronavirus infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30066-7