Ineffectiveness of Surgical Mask in Preventing Transmission of
COVID-19 from Index Hospitalization to Health Care Worker
Running Head: Surgical Mask Use in COVID-19
Muhammad Hamdan Gul1 , MD; Monica
Sharma 2, MD; Sarthak
Soin3 , MD; Ahmad Khan4 ,MD;James Sullivan5 ,MD
1,3Internal Medicine Department, Amita-Presence Saint
Joseph Hospital Chicago, USA
4Internal Medicine Department, West Virginia
University-Charleston Division, USA
2,5Infectious Disease Department, Amita-Presence Saint
Joseph Hospital, Chicago, USA