Simple Face Shield for Public as a Crucial Factor to Slow Aerosol Transmission During Unlock Phase of COVID Pandemic

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Till now, the total number of affected patients are 9,073,969 with 471,199 deaths and 3,747,128 currently infected active cases. Major concern is due to the droplets a...

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Autores principales: Khan, Mubarak Muhamed, Parab, Sapna Ramkrishna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2020
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32874957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-02078-3
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Till now, the total number of affected patients are 9,073,969 with 471,199 deaths and 3,747,128 currently infected active cases. Major concern is due to the droplets and aerosols of SARS CoV 2 causing the rapid spread and transmission. Since last 3 months we are using the indigenous face shields for our health care workers which costs only 0.13 USD per shield. Now we propose the use of this same shield for the general public to reduce the transmission of SARS CoV2. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s12070-020-02078-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-74508942020-08-28 Simple Face Shield for Public as a Crucial Factor to Slow Aerosol Transmission During Unlock Phase of COVID Pandemic Khan, Mubarak Muhamed Parab, Sapna Ramkrishna Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Brief Communication Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Till now, the total number of affected patients are 9,073,969 with 471,199 deaths and 3,747,128 currently infected active cases. Major concern is due to the droplets and aerosols of SARS CoV 2 causing the rapid spread and transmission. Since last 3 months we are using the indigenous face shields for our health care workers which costs only 0.13 USD per shield. Now we propose the use of this same shield for the general public to reduce the transmission of SARS CoV2. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s12070-020-02078-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer India 2020-08-27 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7450894/ /pubmed/32874957 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-02078-3 Text en © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2020
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title_short Simple Face Shield for Public as a Crucial Factor to Slow Aerosol Transmission During Unlock Phase of COVID Pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7450894/
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