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. 2020 Dec;90(12):2588-2591.
doi: 10.1111/ans.16388. Epub 2020 Oct 14.

COVID-19 pandemic consciousness: droplet contamination and aerosolization during pleural decompression

Sunjuri Sun  1 , Nandhini Ravintharan  1 , Karishma Jassal  1   2 , Rohan Nandurkar  1 , Kim Yesul  2   3 , Ellaine Boo  1   2 , De Villiers Smit  2   4 , Mark Fitzgerald  1   2
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COVID-19 pandemic consciousness: droplet contamination and aerosolization during pleural decompression

Sunjuri Sun et al. ANZ J Surg. 2020 Dec.
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Fig 1
(a) Visible contamination of procedural field and proceduralist's gloves. (b) Proceduralist with no visible contamination to head, neck or chest of the proceduralist under normal lighting post‐procedure.
Fig 2
Fig 2
(a) Proceduralist's dominant right shoulder with visible contamination under blue light post‐procedure. (b) Proceduralist's non‐dominant left shoulder with visible contamination under blue light post‐procedure.
Fig 3
Fig 3
(a) Proceduralist's chest with visible contamination under blue light post‐procedure. (b) Proceduralist's visor with visible contamination under blue light post‐procedure.
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