Hospitals are dangerous places.
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Hospitals are dangerous places. Air purification would mitigate the risk. Too bad most infection control professionals have voted for job security over patient safety, as I recently experienced up close and personally.
This is by no means the first paper to make these points.
> Despite good air quality (mean CO2 614 ppm), 39% of air samples had SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
> Hot spots for risk in the emergency ward include the acute care and waiting area.
> In critical care, hot spots include the tearoom and corridors near infected rooms.
> The risk of nosocomial outbreaks may be mitigated through air purifiers and masks.
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control
https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext
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Hospitals are dangerous places. Air purification would mitigate the risk. Too bad most infection control professionals have voted for job security over patient safety, as I recently experienced up close and personally.
This is by no means the first paper to make these points.
> Despite good air quality (mean CO2 614 ppm), 39% of air samples had SARS-CoV-2 RNA.
> Hot spots for risk in the emergency ward include the acute care and waiting area.
> In critical care, hot spots include the tearoom and corridors near infected rooms.
> The risk of nosocomial outbreaks may be mitigated through air purifiers and masks.
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control
https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext
@EricCarroll
Reminds me of when the surgeons fought against hand washing. -
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