Aerosol transmission of coronavirus in hospital
10.19428/j.cnki.sjpm.2020.20296
- VernacularTitle:医院内冠状病毒的气溶胶传播
- Author:
Qing-feng SHI
1
;
Xiang CHEN
;
Jia-bing LIN
;
Bi-jie HU
;
Xiao-dong GAO
Author Information
1. Department of Infection Control, Fudan University Attached Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai 200032, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
coronavirus;
aerosol transmission;
medical procedure;
personal protection
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;32(10):851-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Coronavirus is human-to-human transmissible and often leads to nosocomial outbreak in the early stage, which poses a great threat to healthcare workers.Due to confined space, crowed population and some aerosol-generating medical procedures, hospital is vulnerable to coronavirus transmission and nosocomial infection.We review the mechanism and risk factors of coronavirus aerosol in hospital and summarize the evidence of aerosol transmission of three coronaviruses and the impact of air flow.Furthermore, we evaluate the effectiveness of personal protection in the above-mentioned scenarios for the prevention and control of nosocomial infection.
