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. 2023 Mar 6;3(1):e44.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.118. eCollection 2023.

Use of expert consensus to develop a shared list of procedures with potential for aerosol generation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Dana E Pepe  1   2   3 , Preeti Mehrotra  1   2   3 , Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha  4   3 , Robert Colgrove  5   3 , Shira Doron  6   7 , Robert Duncan  8   7 , Richard Ellison 3rd  9   10 , Sarah Haessler  11   12 , David C Hooper  13   3 , Michael Klompas  14   3 , Cassandra M Pierre  15   16 , Thomas J Sandora  17   3 , Erica S Shenoy  13   3 , Sharon B Wright  2   18   3
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Use of expert consensus to develop a shared list of procedures with potential for aerosol generation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Dana E Pepe et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighted the lack of agreement regarding the definition of aerosol-generating procedures and potential risk to healthcare personnel. We convened a group of Massachusetts healthcare epidemiologists to develop consensus through expert opinion in an area where broader guidance was lacking at the time.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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Fig. 1.
Survey of recommended N95 use, by procedure. Percentages listed in the figure represent the percent of respondents who would recommend an N95 respirator for each procedure listed for patients of either unknown or negative COVID-19 status.
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Categorization of procedures by potential for aerosol generation.
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