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- Title
Influenza aerosols in UK hospitals during the H1N1 (2009) pandemic--the risk of aerosol generation during medical procedures.
- Authors
Thompson, Katy-Anne; Pappachan, John V; Bennett, Allan M; Mittal, Himanshu; Macken, Susan; Dove, Brian K; Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S; Copley, Vicky R; O'Brien, Sarah; Hoffman, Peter; Parks, Simon; Bentley, Andrew; Isalska, Barbara; Thomson, Gail; EASE Study Consortium
- Abstract
Nosocomial infection of health-care workers (HCWs) during outbreaks of respiratory infections (e.g. Influenza A H1N1 (2009)) is a significant concern for public health policy makers. World Health Organization (WHO)-defined 'aerosol generating procedures' (AGPs) are thought to increase the risk of aerosol transmission to HCWs, but there are presently insufficient data to quantify risk accurately or establish a hierarchy of risk-prone procedures.
- Publication
PloS one, 2013, Vol 8, Issue 2, pe56278
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0056278