Factors associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among Thai healthcare personnel with high-risk exposures: The important roles of double masking and physical distancing while eating
To the Editor — Healthcare personal (HCP) are frontline workers in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and they are at high risk of COVID-19. Risk factors for hospital-acquired COVID-19 among HCP include prolonged periods of patient care, performing aerosol-generating procedures, lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), and inadequate compliance to infection prevention and control (IPC) policies.
Authors
- Thanus Pienthong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6859-9118)
- Piyaporn Apisarnthanarak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4168-4176)
- Thana Khawcharoenporn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6093-2887)
- David Jay Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-4435)
- Anucha Apisarnthanarak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-6362)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UNC Libraries
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17615/x371-2921
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00