March 30, 2020

A COVID-19 Infection Risk Model for Frontline Health Care Workers

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Modeling and Prediction

• Dy and Rabajante formulated an infection risk model for frontline health care workers in health care facilities that handled COVID -19 patients. From their model, the following were cardinal to safety of the healthcare workers: maximum of three encounters per hour in a 12-hour work shift duration, reduction of each interaction with patients to less than 40 mins, practicing of social distancing, and provision of PPE among others. This model can be used for other scenarios, such as identifying infection risk in public transportation, educational settings, offices, and mass gatherings.

Dy and Rabajante. (Mar 27, 2020): A COVID-19 Infection Risk Model for Frontline Health Care Workers. Pre-print downloaded Mar 29 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.27.20045336