Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
July 10, 2020
Relative Contributions of Transmission Routes for COVID-19 among Healthcare Personnel Providing Patient Care
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Modeling and Prediction
- Using a quantitative microbial risk assessment and exposure model, Jones found that droplet and inhalation transmission routes contributed to 35% and 57% of the probability of infection among healthcare workers without PPE, respectively. Direct contact accounted for only 8% of transmissions.
Jones. (July 9, 2020). Relative Contributions of Transmission Routes for COVID-19 among Healthcare Personnel Providing Patient Care. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2020.1784427