Patients can emit small, influenza-containing particles into the air during routine care

A new study suggests that patients with influenza can emit small virus-containing particles into the surrounding air during routine patient care, potentially exposing health care providers to influenza.

Ed Rybicki‘s insight:

…so not just sneezing, and larger particles, then! Sounds like a good justification for barrier nursing especially for severely infected patients.

See on www.sciencedaily.com

This entry was posted on 1 February, 2013 at 13:49 and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Patients can emit small, influenza-containing particles into the air during routine care”

gsgs Says:
7 August, 2014 at 19:20 | Reply
reminds me to transmission by “good child visits”,
which I read some time ago

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