Airborne infection control in healthcare settings

Exposure of human beings to different airborne pathogens has resulted in the emergence of epidemics of respiratory infections. This airborne transmission becomes even more prevalent in healthcare settings because of overburdened hospitals and the presence of immunosuppressed patients. Airborne infec...

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Autores principales: Shrivastava, Saurabh R., Shrivastava, Prateek S., Ramasamy, Jegadeesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2013
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23785568
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v3i0.21411
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description Exposure of human beings to different airborne pathogens has resulted in the emergence of epidemics of respiratory infections. This airborne transmission becomes even more prevalent in healthcare settings because of overburdened hospitals and the presence of immunosuppressed patients. Airborne infection control measures include a three-pronged approach, namely administrative control, environmental control, and personal respiratory protection measures. To conclude, need of the hour is to assess the true contribution of airborne transmission to infection rates so that hospital administrators can implement appropriate control measures to keep respiratory infections under check.
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spelling pubmed-36836322013-06-19 Airborne infection control in healthcare settings Shrivastava, Saurabh R. Shrivastava, Prateek S. Ramasamy, Jegadeesh Infect Ecol Epidemiol Letter to the Editor Exposure of human beings to different airborne pathogens has resulted in the emergence of epidemics of respiratory infections. This airborne transmission becomes even more prevalent in healthcare settings because of overburdened hospitals and the presence of immunosuppressed patients. Airborne infection control measures include a three-pronged approach, namely administrative control, environmental control, and personal respiratory protection measures. To conclude, need of the hour is to assess the true contribution of airborne transmission to infection rates so that hospital administrators can implement appropriate control measures to keep respiratory infections under check. Co-Action Publishing 2013-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC3683632/ /pubmed/23785568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v3i0.21411 Text en © 2013 Saurabh R. Shrivastava et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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