Healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections after discontinuing universal masking

Zachary M. Most; Bethany Phillips; Michael E. Sebert

doi:10.1017/ice.2023.200

Healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections after discontinuing universal masking

Zachary M. Most, Bethany Phillips, Michael E. Sebert

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In November 2022, our pediatric hospital replaced the requirement for universal masking of all healthcare personnel and visitors in all clinical buildings with a requirement for masking only during patient encounters. Following this change, we observed an immediate, substantial, and sustained increase in healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	247-249
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	45
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.200
State	Published - Feb 25 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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