Hospitals are dangerous places. Air purification would mitigate the risk. Too bad most infection control professionals have voted for job security over patient safety, as I recently experienced up close and personally.

This is by no means the first paper to make these points.

> Despite good air quality (mean CO2 614 ppm), 39% of air samples had SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

> Hot spots for risk in the emergency ward include the acute care and waiting area.

> In critical care, hot spots include the tearoom and corridors near infected rooms.

> The risk of nosocomial outbreaks may be mitigated through air purifiers and masks.

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control

https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext

#CovidIsAirborne #sars2 #covid19 #infectioncontrol

Vaccines are like seatbelts and airbags, masks are like responsible driving.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #KeepMasksInHealthCare #maskup #WearAMask #VaccinesPlus #covid19 #covid #SARSCov2 #DavosSafe #BringBackMasks #CovidConscious #CleanAir #CovidCautious

From @onelife_livedwell on IG: COVID floats in air the way a jellyfish floats in water. It’s airborne, which means the primary route of infection is inhalation of virus laden aerosol particles small enough that they can stay suspended for hours.
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"The world has moved on from COVID. The risk hasn’t." - By Professor Adrian Esterman

"An epidemiologist explains what the evidence says about when the next pandemic might happen — and why the risk isn’t declining"

#COVID19 #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷

Source: https://medium.com/@adrian.esterman/the-world-has-moved-on-from-covid-the-risk-hasnt-57bda9298a96