{"id":9021,"date":"2020-08-13T11:24:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:25:06","slug":"effects-of-universal-masking-on-massachusetts-healthcare-workers-covid-19-incidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/13\/effects-of-universal-masking-on-massachusetts-healthcare-workers-covid-19-incidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of Universal Masking on Massachusetts Healthcare Workers\u2019 COVID-19 Incidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">[<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Preprint<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, not peer-reviewed]<\/span><\/i><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A time series analysis showed a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">temporal relationship between the implementation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of universal masking in health<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">care\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">facilities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in Massachusetts\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">flat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ting of the incidence in health<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">care settings, while incidence continued to increase in the general population.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">first case of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">COVID-19 in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Massachusetts\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">healthcare system<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was reported on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0March 17<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and universal masking in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0healthcare system\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">implemented on March 26.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he peak COVID-19 incidence in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the state<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was on April 20, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the state<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0implemented public masking on May 6.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The authors conclude that this analysis provides\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">additional evidence that universal masking contributed to reduced transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare facilities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lan et al. (Aug 13, 2020). Effects of Universal Masking on Massachusetts Healthcare Workers\u2019 COVID-19 Incidence. Pre-print\u00a0downloaded Aug 13 from\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.08.09.20171173\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2020.08.09.20171173<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0[Preprint, not peer-reviewed]\u00a0A time series analysis showed a\u00a0temporal relationship between the implementation\u00a0of universal masking in healthcare\u00a0facilities\u00a0in Massachusetts\u00a0and\u00a0flatting of the incidence in healthcare settings, while incidence continued to increase in the general population.\u00a0The\u00a0first case of\u00a0COVID-19 in the\u00a0Massachusetts\u00a0healthcare system\u00a0was reported on\u00a0March 17\u00a0and universal masking in\u00a0the\u00a0healthcare system\u00a0was\u00a0implemented on March 26.\u00a0The peak COVID-19 incidence in\u00a0the state\u00a0was on April 20,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/13\/effects-of-universal-masking-on-massachusetts-healthcare-workers-covid-19-incidence\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[22],"class_list":["post-9021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-non-pharmaceutical-interventions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9022,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9021\/revisions\/9022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9021"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}