Aerosol generation occurs when tiny droplets of liquid are suspended in the air. Aerosols can be generated during many medical procedures. Some medical procedures might produce more aerosols than ...

The risk of exposure to infections such as SARS-CoV-2 from aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) appears low in open plan clinics where there are several feet of distance between bays, according to a ...

New research published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) says that the use of facemask ventilation during routine surgery should not be classed as an aerosol-generating ...

BRANSON, Mo., May 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bronchoscopy is known to be an aerosol generating procedure and produce plumes of microscopic particles, some of which may carry infectious airborne ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has amended its aerosol-generating procedure recommendations in its COVID-19 Guidance for Dental Settings document. The document, released on ...

The COVID-19 pandemic will affect daily operating room management by ASCs, according to a narrative review published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Featured in the September 2020 issue of JCA, ...

BREMERTON — A recent report by state Department of Health officials indicates a COVID-19 outbreak at St. Michael Medical Center that has now infected at least 65 people may have spread through aerosol ...

The use of non-invasive breathing support, commonly known as CPAP or HFNO, to treat moderate to severe COVID-19 infection, isn’t linked to a heightened infection risk, as currently thought, suggest ...

The COVID-19 pandemic will affect daily operating room management by ASCs, according to a narrative review published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Featured in the September 2020 issue of JCA, ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — Patient procedures that put healthcare workers at higher risk of infection may be a source of COVID-19 transmission at St. Michael Medical Center in Bremerton, according to a recent ...