Can someone point me to a study—preferably a RCT—that proves surgeons & staff wearing masks during an operation reduces the risk of patients’ post-op infections?
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An excellent (and highly amusing) summary of the evidence for various infection control measures can be found in this article, which discusses evidence for the use of masks, gowns, and sterile gloves in decreasing SSIs.https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/65/9/1589/3858163 …
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The above article references Cochrane meta-analyses that fail to find an effect of wearing mask on the incident of surgical site infections (SSIs). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27115326/
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