Massachusetts General Hospital: Study Reveals Risk of COVID-19 Infection Among Health Care Workers
May 06, 2020
May 06, 2020
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 6 -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news release:
In an analysis of information from the U.K. and U.S., frontline health care workers had a nearly 12-times higher risk of testing positive for COVID-19 compared with individuals in the general community, and those workers with inadequate access to personal protective equipment (PPE) had an even higher risk. The study, which was conducted by a team led by researchers at Massachusetts Gene . . .
In an analysis of information from the U.K. and U.S., frontline health care workers had a nearly 12-times higher risk of testing positive for COVID-19 compared with individuals in the general community, and those workers with inadequate access to personal protective equipment (PPE) had an even higher risk. The study, which was conducted by a team led by researchers at Massachusetts Gene . . .