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Robert Goldsby
Robert Goldsby
Joined May 2020

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Frequency of face touching with and without a mask in healthcare professionals
Tiffany Lucas
Rachel Mustain

Tiffany Lucas

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May 14, 2020
The impact of wearing a mask on face-touching behavior is unknown. We conducted a brief survey and observational study to assess the perception and to quantify how masks affect face-touching behavior. Most felt that the mask would alter their face-touching behavior with only 18.3% feeling that masks would not affect it. During a total of 330 person-minutes of observation, overall face-touching rate was 15.1 face touches/hour (FT/hr), 6.4 FT/hr while wearing a mask and 20.1 FT/hr without a mask (p <0.01). Masks are an effective barrier and reduce face-touching behavior amongst healthcare professionals.
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