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cord-277712-sx5k0m4q	Hu, Ling-Qun	COVID-19 and improved prevention of hospital-acquired infection	2020-05-31		.txt	text/plain	787	47	53	Many hospitals in the US implemented their own protective measures as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic even before the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended voluntary mask wearing in the public. Even with these extra precautionary measures, healthcare workers have been disproportionately infected, with 9,282 reported cases of COVID-19, resulting in 27 deaths, with 55% of respondents saying they contracted the virus while at work based on a report from the CDC on April 9th, 2020 (2) . In contrast to Europe and North America that have been especially burdened by COVID-19 and only advocated for social distancing and handwashing, countries in Asia with visibly lower mortality and infection rates shared the common practice of protective masking and handwashing [ Figure 1 ]. We should take this opportunity to ease not only the challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic but also other hospital-acquired infections such as seasonal flu.	./cache/cord-277712-sx5k0m4q.txt	./txt/cord-277712-sx5k0m4q.txt