Exposure to influenza virus aerosols in the hospital setting: Is routine patient care an aerosol generating procedure?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 504-505

  Cummings, Kristin J ^a   Martin Jr , Stephen B ^a   Lindsley, William G ^a   Othumpangat, Sreekumar ^a   Blachere, Francoise M ^a   Noti, John D ^a   Beezhold, Donald H ^a   Roidad, Nasira ^b   Parker, John E ^b   Weissman, David N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AEROSOL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EXTUBATION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INCENTIVE SPIROMETER; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEROSOL GENERATING PROCEDURE; AIR ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INFLUENZA; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84904307003     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu127     Document Type: Letter

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