Nearly half of HCWs with COVID-19 worked despite symptoms

Nearly half of health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 continued working at least part of 1 day with symptoms, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
“We saw quite a few health care workers (HCWs) come to work knowing they had COVID-19 symptoms,” Katherine LinsenmeyerMD, attending physician at Veterans’ Affairs Boston Healthcare System and assistant professor of medicine at Boston University, told Healio. “These HCWs both knew that COVID-19 was very transmissible and had paid leave available, so we wanted to

Nearly half of health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 continued working at least part of 1 day with symptoms, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
“We saw quite a few health care workers (HCWs) come to work knowing they had COVID-19 symptoms,” Katherine LinsenmeyerMD, attending physician at Veterans’ Affairs Boston Healthcare System and assistant professor of medicine at Boston University, told Healio. “These HCWs both knew that COVID-19 was very transmissible and had paid leave available, so we wanted to