Evidence of Short-Range Aerosol Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Call for Universal Airborne Precautions for Anesthesiologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ratan K Banik¹, Angela Ulrich^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, rkbanik@umn.edu.
² Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
³ Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ratan K Banik et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;131(2):e102-e104.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004933.

Ratan K Banik¹, Angela Ulrich^{2

3}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, rkbanik@umn.edu.
² Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
³ Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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