COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures in Workplace Settings: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Workplaces can be high-risk environments for SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks and subsequent community transmission. Identifying, understanding, and implementing effective workplace SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control (IPC) measures is critical to protect workers, their families, and communities. A rapid review and meta-analysis were conducted to synthesize evidence assessing the effectiveness of COVID-19 IPC measures implemented in global workplace settings through April 2021. Medline, Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane Library were searched for studies that quantitatively assessed the effectiveness of workplace COVID-19 IPC measures. The included studies comprised varying empirical designs and occupational settings. Measures of interest included surveillance measures, outbreak investigations, envi

SUBMITTER: Ingram C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8345343 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature