Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed the respiratory isolation capacity in hospitals; many wards lacking high-frequency air changes have been repurposed for managing patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 requiring either standard or intensive care. Hospital-acquired COVID-19 is a recognised problem amongst both patients and staff, with growing evidence for the relevance of airborne transmission. This study from Conway-Morris et al. examined the effect of air filtration and ultra-violet (UV) light sterilisation on detectable airborne SARS-CoV-2 and other microbial bioaerosols.
*Note: This article is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed.
The removal of airborne SARS-CoV-2 and other microbial bioaerosols by air filtration on COVID-19 surge units (22 September 2021)
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.16.21263684v1
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