Aerosol generating procedures and risk of transmission of acute respiratory infections to healthcare workers: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tran, Khai ^a   Cimon, Karen ^a   Severn, Melissa ^a   Pessoa Silva, Carmem L ^b   Conly, John ^b,c  

^a CANADIAN AGENCY FOR DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HEALTH   (Canada)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION; CONSENSUS; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MANUAL VENTILATION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEBULIZER; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPUTUM CULTURE; SUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRACHEOTOMY; ACUTE DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTUBATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AEROSOLS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTUBATION; RISK FACTORS; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 84860369361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035797     Document Type: Review

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