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

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

We read with interest the article by Bischoff et al, in which they describe detection of influenza virus in aerosols around hospitalized patients with influenza virus infection who were receiving routine care.

2014-08-01

Cummings, Kristin J., Stephen B. Martin, Jr., William G. Lindsley, Sreekumar Othumpangat, Francoise M. Blachere, John D. Noti, Donald H. Beezhold, Nasira Roidad, John E. Parker, and David N. Weissman. 2014. "Exposure to Influenza Virus Aerosols in the Hospital Setting: Is Routine Patient Care an Aerosol Generating Procedure?" The Journal of infectious diseases 210 (3):504-5.

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