id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-351022-8y43jhmu Schwartz, Carmela A dynamic response to exposures of healthcare workers to newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients or hospital personnel, in order to minimize cross transmission and need for suspension from work during the outbreak 2020-09-01 .txt text/plain 2902 174 59 title: A dynamic response to exposures of healthcare workers to newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients or hospital personnel, in order to minimize cross transmission and need for suspension from work during the outbreak Jerusalem and its surroundings is the area with the highest prevalence of COVID-19 patients in Israel (2) .Health care workers (HCWs) are at increased risk of exposure to infected persons (3) , and concern aroused early in the course of the epidemic that a substantial number of HCWs might need to be suspended from work. After two weeks (on March 20), during which over 250 HCWs were sustained from work, the need A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 8 for home isolation was redefined according to the following principles: 1) if the index case was symptomatic at the time of exposure (e.g., fever or chills, respiratory symptoms, loss of smell or taste), all close contacts were sent to home isolation for 14 days following exposure date. ./cache/cord-351022-8y43jhmu.txt ./txt/cord-351022-8y43jhmu.txt