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cord-253833-0lajhqn5	Misra-Hebert, Anita D	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers risk of infection and outcomes in a large, integrated health system.	2020-08-19		.txt	text/plain	2860	133	50	[7] [8] [9] 11 A recent prospective study in the United Kingdom and US suggested a ve-fold increased risk for HCW caring for patients with COVID-19 compared to HCW not caring for patients with COVID-19, even with the use of PPE 12 while another study of HCW in a large healthcare system showed a decrease in positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 associated with a universal masking recommendation. In this study, we aimed to assess whether HCW are at higher risk for COVID-19 infection, COVID-19 related hospitalization, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission compared to non-HCW using advanced statistical methodology to account for various confounders. [7] [8] [9] [10] 12 The fact that HCW identi ed as patient-facing had a signi cantly higher odds for SARS-CoV-2 test positivity suggests an increased risk of COVID-19 infection with work exposure.	./cache/cord-253833-0lajhqn5.txt	./txt/cord-253833-0lajhqn5.txt