Hospitals Not A Source Of COVID-19 Infection Spread Among US Healthcare Workers, Study Finds
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Healthcare personnel who were infected with COVID-19 had stronger risk factors outside the workplace than in their hospital or healthcare setting, according to a new study.
The study was published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open conducted by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers, colleagues at the CDC and three other universities.
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The study examined survey data from nearly 25,000 healthcare providers in Baltimore, Atlanta, and Chicago including at University of Maryland Medical System hospitals.
They found that having a known exposure to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 in the community was the strongest risk factor for testing positive for the virus.
Living in a zip code with a high COVID-19 cumulative incidence was also a strong risk factor.
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