For Patient Safety, It Is Not Time to Take Off Masks in Health Care Settings

Authors

Tara N. Palmore, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (T.N.P.).
David K. Henderson, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (D.K.H.).

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

6-1-2023

Journal

Annals of internal medicine

Volume

176

Issue

6

DOI

10.7326/M23-1190

Abstract

As the COVID-19 public health emergency is lifted and the pandemic continues to recede, hospitals must decide how to deescalate mitigation strategies to sustainable states. This commentary advocates continuing universal masking in health care settings.

APA Citation

Palmore, Tara N. and Henderson, David K., "For Patient Safety, It Is Not Time to Take Off Masks in Health Care Settings" (2023). GW Authored Works. Paper 2807.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/2807

Department

Medicine