Practical Steps to Improve Air Flow in Long-Term Care Resident Rooms to Reduce COVID-19 Infection Risk

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 893-894

  Lynch, Richard M ^a   Goring, Reginald ^b,c  

^a Environmental Safety Management Corporation   (United States)

^b Health Officer's Association of California   (United States)

^c American Association   (United States)

Author keywords

airborne infection isolation; Corona; COVID; hotel; industrial hygienist; long term care; respiratory droplets; skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ISOLATION; LONG TERM CARE; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; ADVERSE EVENT; AGED; AIR; AIR FILTER; AIR POLLUTANT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AIR FILTERS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 85084365754     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.001     Document Type: Article

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