April 22, 2021

COVID-19 Mitigation With Appropriate Safety Measures in an Essential Workplace: Lessons for Opening Work Settings in the United States During COVID-19

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

Keywords (Tags): non-pharm interventions

• 99% of SARS-CoV-2 infections identified by testing campaigns were asymptomatic among employees of a US manufacturing company that remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 105 positive PCR results were identified among 586 employees across three sites from March to August 2020. Employee positivity rates were consistent with community prevalence. In addition to testing campaigns, the company also followed distancing, masking, hand hygiene and ventilation mitigation measures, and implemented expanded sick leave.

Haigh and Gandhi. (Feb 22, 2021). COVID-19 Mitigation With Appropriate Safety Measures in an Essential Workplace: Lessons for Opening Work Settings in the United States During COVID-19. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab086