Characterization of aerosols generated during suspected aerosol-generating procedures in healthcare settings
Caroline A O’Neil, Jiayu Li, Meghan A Wallace, Ramesh Raliya, Yang Wang, Anna Leavey, Traci L Bricker, Carey-Ann D Burnham, Adrianus CM Boon, Pratim Biswas, Hilary M Babcock · 2026
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Description
Caroline O'Neil and ten co-authors measure spray from medical steps long flagged as spray makers in a big hospital. Staff risk from patient germs in such spray is a core safety fear. Tools read particle mass, count, and size at base and during nine kinds of steps.
Of near one hundred steps, just two, drug mist and spit draw, raised spray in a clear way. A lone tube out case showed a small rise. No virus was found in hundreds of air samples, even when patients tested positive near in time. Skin and air germs made up the few bacteria found.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Caroline A O’Neil, Jiayu Li, Meghan A Wallace, Ramesh Raliya, Yang Wang, Anna Leavey, Traci L Bricker, Carey-Ann D Burnham, Adrianus CM Boon, Pratim Biswas, Hilary M Babcock |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |