TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 highlights risks of healthcare and social care workers attending work while ill
AU - Hall Dykgraaf, Sally
AU - Desborough, Jane
AU - Kelaher, Catherine
AU - Kidd, Michael
PY - 2020/6/4
Y1 - 2020/6/4
N2 - As COVID-19 affects healthcare and social care systems around the world, reports of infection among healthcare and social care workers continue to accumulate. These include outbreaks in hospitals, primary care, aged care, disability care, community and home care services, and draw attention to the risks of HSCWs contracting COVID-19 and also subsequently acting as vectors for transmission. Reducing this possibility is a key component of reducing the impact of SARS-CoV-2.
AB - As COVID-19 affects healthcare and social care systems around the world, reports of infection among healthcare and social care workers continue to accumulate. These include outbreaks in hospitals, primary care, aged care, disability care, community and home care services, and draw attention to the risks of HSCWs contracting COVID-19 and also subsequently acting as vectors for transmission. Reducing this possibility is a key component of reducing the impact of SARS-CoV-2.
KW - COVID-19
KW - healthcare workers
KW - social care workers
KW - outbreak
KW - disability care
KW - Transmission
KW - attending work while ill
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121940093&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.31128/AJGP-COVID-23
DO - 10.31128/AJGP-COVID-23
M3 - Article
C2 - 32539245
AN - SCOPUS:85121940093
VL - 49
JO - Australian Journal of General Practice
JF - Australian Journal of General Practice
SN - 2208-7958
ER -