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cord-301852-9nza3po0	Sears, David	Occupational Health: A Key to the Control of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities	2020-07-27		.txt	text/plain	1255	59	38	Coronavirus disease 2019 has swept through prisons in much the same way it has nursing homes: after being introduced by staff or newly arrived residents, it spreads efficiently, including to many with medical vulnerabilities. The authors believe that ensuring community-standard occupational health for correctional staff during COVID-19 will protect prison residents, staff, and their communities. As COVID-19 transmission continues unabated in these settings, protecting the health and safety of correctional workers is a moral imperative and an underappreciated requirement to mitigate the pandemic's effect on incarcerated persons and surrounding communities. Although occupational health interventions should focus primarily on correctional officers given their numbers and close, sustained contact with incarcerated persons, interventions should be adapted to reduce risk for infection for all staff. To protect correctional staff and ensure that community standards of care are afforded to incarcerated populations during the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons must: Ensuring community-standard occupational health for correctional staff during COVID-19 will protect us all.	./cache/cord-301852-9nza3po0.txt	./txt/cord-301852-9nza3po0.txt