Protection of Upper Respiratory Tract, Mouth and Eyes

Pathogenic bacteria and viruses may invade via upper and lower respiratory tract and via eye mucosa. When an infected person coughs or sneezes heavily, small, invisible droplets with the infective agent may reach a good distance from the source. By using the right form of protection at the right tim...

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Autor principal: Andersen, Bjørg Marit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7121627/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99921-0_13
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description Pathogenic bacteria and viruses may invade via upper and lower respiratory tract and via eye mucosa. When an infected person coughs or sneezes heavily, small, invisible droplets with the infective agent may reach a good distance from the source. By using the right form of protection at the right time, infection and disease are prevented. The present chapter is focused on the protection against airborne infections.
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spelling pubmed-71216272020-04-06 Protection of Upper Respiratory Tract, Mouth and Eyes Andersen, Bjørg Marit Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals Article Pathogenic bacteria and viruses may invade via upper and lower respiratory tract and via eye mucosa. When an infected person coughs or sneezes heavily, small, invisible droplets with the infective agent may reach a good distance from the source. By using the right form of protection at the right time, infection and disease are prevented. The present chapter is focused on the protection against airborne infections. 2018-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7121627/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99921-0_13 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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