Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
By Landon Gray
Wearing surgical masks made no discernible difference in the reduction of hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections, according to new data, which will be shared at the 2023 European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
However, this small study should not be considered the end of the issue, according to George Diaz, MD, FIDSA, the division