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  Detection of infectious influenza virus in cough aerosols generated in a simulated patient examination room

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Flu, Influenza, Mask, Masks, N95, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Noti, John D., William G. Lindsley, Francoise M. Blachere, Gang Cao, Michael L. Kashon, Robert E. Thewlis, Cynthia M. McMillen, William P. King, Jonathan V. Szalajda, and Donald H. Beezhold.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2012-06
  Description: The potential for aerosol transmission of infectious influenza virus (ie, in healthcare facilities) is controversial. We constructed a simulated patient examination room that contained coughing and breathing manikins to determine whether coughed…
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  A Cough Aerosol Simulator for the Study of Disease Transmission by Human Cough-Generated Aerosols

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: Lindsley, William G., Jeffrey S. Reynolds, Jonathan V. Szalajda, John D. Noti, and Donald H. Beezhold.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013
  Description: Aerosol particles expelled during human coughs are a potential pathway for infectious disease transmission. However, the importance of airborne transmission is unclear for many diseases.
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  High humidity leads to loss of infectious influenza virus from simulated coughs

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Occupational Exposure, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Noti, John D., Francoise M. Blachere, Cynthia M. McMillen, William G. Lindsley, Michael L. Kashon, Denzil R. Slaughter, and Donald H. Beezhold.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013
  Description: The role of relative humidity in the aerosol transmission of influenza was examined in a simulated examination room containing coughing and breathing manikins.

• Literature Review: Room Ventilation and Airborne Disease Transmission

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Engineering Controls, Example, Physical Infrastructure, R-Lead, R-PhIn
  Creator: Farhad Memarzadeh, ASHE-FGI monograph
  Subject: Physical Infrastructure
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013
  Description: Current recommended ventilation rates for health care facilities are not always based on hard data, but on experience. In this joint ASHE-FGI monograph, Farhad Memarzadeh, PhD, PE, looks at research on hospitals, schools, aircraft, and other vehicles…

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• Study: Full-time N95 use offers best respiratory protection

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Droplet Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, Mask, Masks, N95, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub
  Creator: CIDRAP
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-02-20
  Description: In a new study, Chinese hospital staffers who wore N95 respirators all the time enjoyed significantly lower rates of clinical respiratory illnesses (CRIs) than workers who wore surgical masks or used N95s only for high-risk procedures.
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  Availability, consistency and evidence-base of policies and guidelines on the use of mask and respirator to protect hospital health care workers: a global analysis

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Guidance Document, Mask, Masks, N95, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen, SARS
  Creator: Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad, Holly Seale, and Chandini Raina MacIntyre.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-05-31
  Description: Currently there is an ongoing debate and limited evidence on the use of masks and respirators for the prevention of respiratory infections in health care workers (HCWs).
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  Different types of door-opening motions as contributing factors to containment failures in hospital isolation rooms

  Tags Flu, Infection Prevention and Control, Influenza, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Exposure, Physical Infrastructure, R-PhIn, R-Res&Pub, SARS, Staff Support, Staffing
  Creator: Tang, Julian W., Andre Nicolle, Jovan Pantelic, Christian A. Klettner, Ruikun Su, Petri Kalliomaki, Pekka Saarinen, Hannu Koskela, Kari Reijula, Panu Mustakallio, David K. W. Cheong, Chandra Sekhar, and Kwok Wai Tham.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-06-24
  Description: Hospital isolation rooms are vital for the containment (when under negative pressure) of patients with, or the protection (when under positive pressure) of patients, from airborne infectious agents.
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  Effectiveness of cough etiquette maneuvers in disrupting the chain of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases.

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Infection Prevention and Control, R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Zayas, Gustavo, Ming C. Chiang, Eric Wong, Fred MacDonald, Carlos F. Lange, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, and Malcolm King.
  Subject: Research
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-09-08
  Description: The effectiveness of recommended measures, such as "cover your mouth when coughing", in disrupting the chain of transmission of infectious respiratory diseases (IRD) has been questioned.
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  Clinical management and infection control of SARS: lessons learned.

  Tags Clinical Care Guidelines, Infection Prevention and Control, R-Res&Pub, R-T&C, SARS
  Creator: Cheng, Vincent C. C., Jasper F. W. Chan, Kelvin K. W. To, and K. Y. Yuen.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-11
  Description: The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 was the first emergence of an important human pathogen in the 21st century.

• Guidance on the use of respiratory and facial protection equipment.

  Tags Airborne Transmission, Guidance Document, Mask, Masks, N95, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-PPE, R-Res&Pub, Respiratory Pathogen
  Creator: Coia, J. E., L. Ritchie, A. Adisesh, C. Makison Booth, C. Bradley, D. Bunyan, G. Carson, C. Fry, P. Hoffman, D. Jenkins, N. Phin, B. Taylor, J. S. Nguyen-Van-Tam, and M. Zuckerman.
  Subject: Infection Control
  Item Type: Publication
  Date Last Updated: 2013-11
  Description: Infectious micro-organisms may be transmitted by a variety of routes, and some may be spread by more than one route.