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 ...

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 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 ...

Since the start of the pandemic, the most terrifying task in health care was thought to be when a doctor put a breathing tube down the trachea of a critically ill covid patient. Those performing such ...

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 ...

ET intubation is an aerosol generating procedure with a high risk of infection for operators. The procedure permits mechanical ventilation in patients with severe respiratory failure, such as many ...

Aerosol-generating procedures may have contributed to the spread of a recent COVID-19 outbreak at a Bremerton hospital, which has confirmed at least 70 infections, according to a new report from the ...