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Hi Everyone,

 

How are you handling or planning to handle immunocompromised employees who may encounter COVID-19 patients?  What about pregnant patients, those with chronic medical conditions, elderly? 

 

Are you stratifying by level of risk of COVID exposure- e.g., no ED assignment or pulmonary unit or pulmonary outpatient areas? Use of PAPR’s for those at high risk who are essential and will be the only one in-house such as a trauma surgeon?

 

Any thoughts, suggestions comments are welcome.  I will also be posting to the general listserv but wanted to start here first.

 

Rachel Leibu, MD, MBA, MS, FACOEM

Medical Director Occupational Medicine Services

Atlantic Health System

973-829-4277

 

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