Do medical staffs need to wear masks? - Arguments based on best evidence
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Author:
Yun-Yun WANG
1,
2
Ying-Juan CAO
3
Rong FU
4
Kan-Da FU
5
Zhong-Kai FAN
6
Wei-Jie GAO
7
Ying-Hui JIN
1,
2
Yu-Feng LIU
8
Zhi MAO
9
Bin PEI
10
Ping RONG
11
Yue-Xian SHI
12
Li-Ming TAN
13
Fen WANG
14
Ying WANG
15
Da-Guo XU
16
Qing-An XU
17,
18
Wen-Zhong XIE
19
Zheng XIAO
20
Jian YANG
21,
22
Qi-Wen YANG
23
Zhi-Ping YANG
24
Bo ZHOU
25
Xiao-Wen ZHAI
26
Yun ZHANG
27
Yan-Jun ZHONG
28
Xiao-Ping ZHU
29
Xing-Huan WANG
1,
2*
Jin GU
30*
Affiliation:
1. Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
2. Center for Evidence-Based and Translational Medicine, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
3. Nursing Department, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
4. Department of Internal Medicine, Gulou Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
5. Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China
6. Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical College, Jinzhou 121001, Liaoning Prov-ince, China
7. School of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China
8. Department of Paediatric Internal Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
9. Department of Critical Medicine, the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China
10. Evidence-Based Medicine Center, the first People’ s Hospital of Xiangyang, Hubei University of Medicine, Xiang-yang 442000, Hubei Province, China
11. Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300381, China
12. School of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
13. The Second People's Hospital of Huaihua, Huaihua 418200, Hunan Province, China
14. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
15. Department of pharmacy, China Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130033, China
16. Department of Quality Management, Zhujiang Hospital Affiliated to South Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China
17. Department of Stomatology, School of Medicine, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
18. Stomatological Hospital, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430022, China
19. Kaifeng Instituty of Medical Science, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China
20. Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 536000, Guizhou Province, China
21. Department of Cardiology, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443000, Hubei Province, China
22. Institute of Evidence-based and Translational Medicine, China Three Gorges University, Yichang 443003, Hubei Province, China
23. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
24. Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China
25. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medi-cal University, Shenyang 110001, China
26. Department of Hematology, Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
27. Stomatological Hospital of Lanzhou City, Lanzhou 730000, China
28. Department of Intensive Care Unit, Xiangya Second Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China
29. Hospital Quality and Safety Management Office, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
30. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing 100043, China
Keywords:
Medical Institution
Medical Worker
Mask
Best Evidence
Clinical Evidence
DOI:
10.12173/j.issn.1004-5511.2020.02.09
Reference: Wang YY, Cao YJ, Fu R, Fu KD, Fan ZK, Gao WJ, Jin YH, Liu YF, Mao Z, Pei B, Rong P, Shi YX, Tan LM, Wang F, Wang Y, Xu DG, Xu AQ, Xie WZ, Xiao Z, Yang J, Yang QW, Yang ZP, Zhou B, Zhai XW, Zhang Y, Zhong YJ, Zhu XP, Wang XH, Gu J. Do medical staffs need to wear masks? - Arguments based on best evidence[J].Yixue Xinzhi Zazhi, 2020, 30(2): 124-138. DOI: 10.12173/j.issn.1004-5511.2020.02.09.[Article in Chinese]Copied
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