Open AccessUse of portable air cleaners to reduce aerosol transmission on a hospital coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ward
Author(s) -
Kirsty Buising,
Robyn Schofield,
Louis Irving,
Melita Keywood,
Ashley Stevens,
Nick Keogh,
Grant Skidmore,
Imogen Wadlow,
Kevin Kevin,
Behzad Rismanchi,
Amanda Wheeler,
Ruhi S. Humphries,
Marion A. Kainer,
Jason Monty,
Forbes McGain,
Caroline Marshall
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2021.284
Subject(s) - aerosol , covid-19 , clearance , medicine , hepa , airborne transmission , air filter , transmission (telecommunications) , emergency medicine , environmental science , medical emergency , meteorology , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , computer science , computer vision , urology , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , electrical engineering , filter (signal processing) , inlet
To study the airflow, transmission, and clearance of aerosols in the clinical spaces of a hospital ward that had been used to care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to examine the impact of portable air cleaners on aerosol clearance.