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cord-255264-2kj961en	Hasan, Syed Shahzad	Social distancing and the use of PPE by community pharmacy personnel: Does evidence support these measures?	2020-05-01		.txt	text/plain	2233	104	45	While the United States adopted a universal mask approach and Turkey recommended the use of masks and protective goggles for their pharmacy personnel, almost all of the countries recommended against routine use of face mask and other PPE (gloves or aprons/gowns), except when dealing with suspected COVID-19 patients or performing activities requiring close contact (unable to maintain recommended social distance) with the patients. Though the observation from such case study cannot be regarded as conclusive, the assumption, for now, should be that airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is possible unless being discredited in the future, and therefore we opine that the wearing of appropriate PPE is of utmost importance for healthcare workers, including community pharmacy personnel dealing with individuals may or may not be infected on a day-to-day basis, regardless if they manage to observe social distancing in their workplace or if they perform close contact activities.	./cache/cord-255264-2kj961en.txt	./txt/cord-255264-2kj961en.txt