id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-274477-jkjyh4cs Zhang, Zhiruo Protecting healthcare personnel from 2019-nCoV infection risks: lessons and suggestions 2020-03-23 .txt text/plain 1468 68 50 The outbreak of a novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19, caused by the 2019-nCoV infection) in December 2019 is one of the most severe public health emergencies since the founding of People's Republic of China in 1949. Healthcare personnel (HCP) nationwide are facing heavy workloads and high risk of infection, especially those who care for patients at the epicenter of the outbreak, Hubei Province. Based on literature search and interviews with some HCP working at Wuhan, capital city of Hubei, we have summarized some of the effective measures taken to reduce infection among HCP, and also made suggestions for improving occupational safety during an infectious disease outbreak. The local outbreak of novel coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19, caused by the 2019-nCoV infection) in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China, last December has rapidly spread nationwide with a cumulative number of 80 026 laboratory-confirmed cases and 2912 deaths as of March 1, 2020 [1] . ./cache/cord-274477-jkjyh4cs.txt ./txt/cord-274477-jkjyh4cs.txt