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Aerosol-Generating Procedures and Risk of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infections: A Systematic Review [Internet]

Khai Tran  1 , Karen Cimon  1 , Melissa Severn  1 , Carmem L Pessoa-Silva  2 , John Conly  2   3
Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2011 Nov.
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Aerosol-Generating Procedures and Risk of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infections: A Systematic Review [Internet]

Khai Tran et al.
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It has been hypothesized that aerosol-generating procedures expose health care workers (HCWs) to respiratory pathogens, thereby increasing the risk of contracting the associated infectious diseases. However, the risk of transmission of acute respiratory infections from each aerosol-generating procedure has not been fully determined. WHO guidelines have listed procedures that may be associated with increased risk of respiratory pathogen transmission.

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