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Eickhoff, Theodore C. "Airborne Nosocomial Infection: A Contemporary Perspective." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 15, no. 10 (October 1994): 663–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/646830.

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AbstractThe history of airborne nosocomial infections is reviewed, and current beliefs about such infections are placed into their historical context. Possible sources, both animate and inanimate, of airborne nosocomial infections in the hospital environment are identified. Viruses, bacteria, and fungi that have been important causes of airborne nosocomial infections in the past are discussed, and examples of key studies that have confirmed an airborne route of transmission are presented. Where relevant, measures that have been used to control airborne transmission of nosocomial pathogens are discussed. Although outbreaks of airborne nosocomial infection have been uncommon, airborne transmission appears to account for about 10% of all endemic nosocomial infections.
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Le Page, Michael. "Preventing airborne infection." New Scientist 246, no. 3283 (May 2020): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0262-4079(20)30949-0.

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Krishnan R., Anjali, Kamarudeen M., Rekha Ravindran M., and Shinu K. S. "Are healthcare workers safe? Facility assessment of airborne infection control measures in public hospitals of Kerala." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 7, no. 7 (June 26, 2020): 2723. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203005.

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Background: Nosocomial transmission of airborne infection is a major peril to health care providing community and has been linked to poor adherence to airborne infection control practices. The present study was conducted to assess the gaps in health care facilities and practices for prevention and control of transmission of air borne infections among healthcare workers in government district level hospitals of Kerala.Methods: A cross sectional survey including observation was done in 24 facilities. The tool for the survey and the check list for observation were developed based on national airborne infection control guidelines and assessment tool for prevention and control of infection by centre for disease control. The data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 23.Results: The functioning of airborne infection control system was found to be suboptimal in most of the institutions. Implementation of environmental control measures was poor when compared to administrative control and personal protection measures. Adequate ventilation was not present in more than half of the institutions (60%). All institutions had infection control committees in place but were not functioning well. Personal protective equipment’s were not available at point of use in more than half of the institutions (62.5%). Out of the 16 self-reported hospital acquired respiratory infections among the staff, pulmonary tuberculosis was predominant.Conclusions: Several barriers were identified at different levels for prevention and control of airborne infections among healthcare workers. The findings reinforce the need to implement strict guidelines to prevent occupation induced airborne infections among health workers in public health system.
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Jendrossek, Sandra N., Lukas A. Jurk, Kirsten Remmers, Yunus E. Cetin, Wolfgang Sunder, Martin Kriegel, and Petra Gastmeier. "The Influence of Ventilation Measures on the Airborne Risk of Infection in Schools: A Scoping Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4 (February 20, 2023): 3746. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043746.

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Objectives: To review the risk of airborne infections in schools and evaluate the effect of intervention measures reported in field studies. Background: Schools are part of a country’s critical infrastructure. Good infection prevention measures are essential for reducing the risk of infection in schools as much as possible, since these are places where many individuals spend a great deal of time together every weekday in a small area where airborne pathogens can spread quickly. Appropriate ventilation can reduce the indoor concentration of airborne pathogens and reduce the risk of infection. Methods: A systematic search of the literature was conducted in the databases Embase, MEDLINE, and ScienceDirect using keywords such as school, classroom, ventilation, carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, SARS-CoV-2, and airborne transmission. The primary endpoint of the studies selected was the risk of airborne infection or CO2 concentration as a surrogate parameter. Studies were grouped according to the study type. Results: We identified 30 studies that met the inclusion criteria, six of them intervention studies. When specific ventilation strategies were lacking in schools being investigated, CO2 concentrations were often above the recommended maximum values. Improving ventilation lowered the CO2 concentration, resulting in a lower risk of airborne infections. Conclusions: The ventilation in many schools is not adequate to guarantee good indoor air quality. Ventilation is an important measure for reducing the risk of airborne infections in schools. The most important effect is to reduce the time of residence of pathogens in the classrooms.
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Aditama, Tjandra Yoga. "Airborne Infection Defence Platform." eJournal Kedokteran Indonesia 12, no. 1 (May 14, 2024): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.23886/ejki.12.774.1-3.

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NOAKES, C. J., C. B. BEGGS, P. A. SLEIGH, and K. G. KERR. "Modelling the transmission of airborne infections in enclosed spaces." Epidemiology and Infection 134, no. 5 (February 14, 2006): 1082–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268806005875.

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The Wells–Riley equation for modelling airborne infection in indoor environments is incorporated into an SEIR epidemic model with a short incubation period to simulate the transmission dynamics of airborne infectious diseases in ventilated rooms. The model enables the effect of environmental factors such as the ventilation rate and the room occupancy to be examined, and allows the long-term impact of infection control measures to be assessed. A theoretical parametric study is carried out to demonstrate how changes to both the physical environment and infection control procedures may potentially limit the spread of short-incubation-period airborne infections in indoor environments such as hospitals.
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Ekici, Didem. "Airborne Infection and Breathing Walls." gta papers, no. 5 (August 1, 2021): 132–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.54872/gta-4432-13.

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Viswalingham, M., B. T. Goh, J. Mantell, and J. D. Treharne. "Infection by airborne Chlamydia trachomatis." BMJ 295, no. 6590 (July 11, 1987): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.295.6590.119-b.

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Harrichandra, Amelia, A. Michael Ierardi, and Brian Pavilonis. "An estimation of airborne SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission risk in New York City nail salons." Toxicology and Industrial Health 36, no. 9 (September 2020): 634–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0748233720964650.

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Although airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from person-to-person over long distances is currently thought to be unlikely, the current epidemiological evidence suggests that airborne SARS-CoV-2 infection transmission in confined, indoor spaces is plausible, particularly when outdoor airflow rates are low and when face masks are not utilized. We sought to model airborne infection transmission risk assuming five realistic exposure scenarios using previously estimated outdoor airflow rates for 12 New York City nail salons, a published quanta generation rate specific to SARS-CoV-2, as well as the Wells–Riley equation to assess risk under both steady-state and non-steady-state conditions. Additionally, the impact of face mask-wearing by occupants on airborne infection transmission risk was also evaluated. The risk of airborne infection transmission across all salons and all exposure scenarios when not wearing face masks ranged from <0.015% to 99.25%, with an average airborne infection transmission risk of 24.77%. Wearing face masks reduced airborne infection transmission risk to between <0.01% and 51.96%, depending on the salon, with an average airborne infection transmission risk of 7.30% across all salons. Increased outdoor airflow rates in nail salons were generally strongly correlated with decreased average airborne infection transmission risk. The results of this study indicate that increased outdoor airflow rates and the use of face masks by both employees and customers could substantially reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in New York City nail salons. Businesses should utilize multiple layers of infection control measures (e.g. social distancing, face masks, and outdoor airflow) to reduce airborne infection transmission risk for both employees and customers.
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LIAO, C. M., S. C. CHEN, and C. F. CHANG. "Modelling respiratory infection control measure effects." Epidemiology and Infection 136, no. 3 (May 16, 2007): 299–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268807008631.

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SUMMARYOne of the most pressing issues in facing emerging and re-emerging respiratory infections is how to bring them under control with current public health measures. Approaches such as the Wells–Riley equation, competing-risks model, and Von Foerster equation are used to prioritize control-measure efforts. Here we formulate how to integrate those three different types of functional relationship to construct easy-to-use and easy-to-interpret critical-control lines that help determine optimally the intervention strategies for containing airborne infections. We show that a combination of assigned effective public health interventions and enhanced engineering control measures would have a high probability for containing airborne infection. We suggest that integrated analysis to enhance modelling the impact of potential control measures against airborne infections presents an opportunity to assess risks and benefits. We demonstrate the approach with examples of optimal control measures to prioritize respiratory infections of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), influenza, measles, and chickenpox.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Airborne infection"

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Lin, Chu. "Airborne disease infection risk modeling." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43206.

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A mathematical model which estimates spatial infection risk as a function of pulmonary rate and deposition region has been developed based on the does-response model. It is specifically designed for enclosed space with consideration of pathogen bio-properties, such as viability and infectivity. Firstly, eleven cases of Tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in aircraft are studied to develop the optimal parameters set. It is then used to perform model validation and investigation of sample inpatient room spatial infection risk. Secondly, infection risk for eleven TB outbreaks are compared with modeling and Wells-Riley estimations. As a result, modeling results are within the calculated range of Wells-Riley prediction. To determine the importance of viability and ventilation rate regarding HVAC system design for health facilities, infection risks are calculated at different viability and ventilation rates. Based on the observation, ventilation rate or particle concentration in the space dominate the infection risk distribution, except when viability decays extreme rapidly. Thirdly, the spatial infection risk is investigated for TB in a typical 60 m³ inpatient room with displacement and well-mixed ventilation systems. Two room settings, a nurse standing close to the patient’s bed versus a visitor standing far away from the bed, and two coughing directions, horizontal versus vertical, are studied. The results show that for coughing horizontally, when the nurse stands beside the patient's bed, his/her breathing zone is the highest risk zone for displacement ventilation. Under displacement ventilation, the infection risk is lower when visitor stands away from the bed compared to stand close to the bed if the visitor is the only person present in the room besides the patient. The infection risk of the breathing zones in the two cases with horizontal coughing are both higher than 25%. However, when a patient coughs vertically, the displacement ventilation significantly reduces the infection risk. With 24 hours exposure, the infection risk for the nurse and the visitor are both less than 5%.
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Xie, Xiaojian. "Evaporation and movement of respiratory droplets in indoor environments." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40987802.

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Qian, Hua. "Ventilation for controlling airborne infection in hospital environments." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38974551.

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Beato, Arribas Blanca Maria. "Effectiveness of isolation rooms in controlling airborne infection." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.713475.

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This research has arisen from the need to understand the air patterns within isolation rooms and how they can affect the transmission of airborne diseases to staff or visitors who are inside the room with an infectious patient. Similarly, when it is the patient who needs protection from airborne infection, the ventilation patterns inside the room need to be understood in order to protect the patient. At times staff are very close to a patient and the risk of infection during these activities needs to be quantified. This study analyses the risk of infection in these cases, with different ventilation regimes. Differential pressures between an isolation room and adjacent spaces and airtightness levels also aid in preventing the transmission of infectious diseases, The existence of many different international guidelines with regards to ventilation flow rates, air changes per hour and differential pressures between rooms make the selection complicated for designers. This study investigates the effect that pressure differentials and airtightness have in infection control and how higher differential pressures, which are more difficult to achieve and maintain, impact on the protection. With the recent Ebola infection breakouts and fear of biological attacks, a new model for an isolation room for this type of pathogens (category 4) has been studied. The design intended to remove a patient's containment Trexler tent, in order to provide better access and care to the patient. Several changes to the original design have been studied in order to improve the ventilation in the isolation room. The risk of infection to staff in all variations of the design has been studied. Finally, engineering methods quantify airborne infection using tracer gas techniques, such as carbon dioxide or nitrous oxide, however little research has been done to compare the gas tracer techniques with the behavior of real bacteria
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Qian, Hua, and 錢華. "Ventilation for controlling airborne infection in hospital environments." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38974551.

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Wei, Fang. "A bacteriophage recovery methodology for indoor airborne viral infection risk assessment /." View abstract or full-text, 2009. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?MECH%202009%20WEI.

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Roberts, David. "CFD evaluation of airborne infection routes in operating theatres." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436246.

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Gao, Xiaolei, and 高晓磊. "Relative effectiveness of ventilation in community indoor environmentsfor controlling infection." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47752786.

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The existence, probability and control measures of airborne infections have been widely discussed for centuries. Although public belief regarding airborne infection kept on altering throughout the entire history of medicine and is still controversial, many airborne transmission experiments and airborne infection outbreak analyses have been carried out. Different airborne transmission models have been built and various airborne control measures have been evaluated. One of the major knowledge gaps obstructing applications of some airborne control measures in clinical practices and public applications is that there is a lack of evidence in proving the effectiveness of such measures. Ventilation as an important airborne infection control method can be achieved by opening windows, or increasing the outdoor air supply rate in mechanical ventilation systems or indirectly by using filters and ultraviolet equipments. However the applications of ventilation in infection control were largely restricted to isolation rooms rather than regarded as a public control measure. In this study we focus on evaluating the effectiveness of ventilation as a community measure. Results, therefore, can provide evidence for using ventilation as a public health measure for controlling respiratory diseases transmitted by the airborne route or multi-routes. Two mathematical modeling approaches (deterministic model and social network model) are adopted to estimate different airborne diseases outbreaks with a focus on ventilation and a corresponding analysis of their relative effectiveness compared with other public health measures. A comprehensive understanding of detailed control strategies (including both engineering and public health control) will be achieved through gradually complicated and realistic models. It’s commonly believed that many respiratory infections are transmitted through multiple routes including airborne, droplet-borne and contact routes. Hence the effectiveness of airborne control measures was doubted when the airborne route was not dominant. Therefore, we developed a model to simulate partially airborne transmitted diseases outbreaks and evaluated the relative effectiveness of ventilation when the role of airborne transmission altered. Knowing the complex transmission mechanisms of respiratory transmission and the role of the airborne route in the transmission process is essential in determining the effectiveness of airborne control measures. Hence in this study we also tested the virus exposures dose to infectious patients at different distances when patients were carrying out different respiratory activities. A complex model considering transmission mechanisms of respiratory infections was also built to evaluate the influence of the transmission route in large scale outbreak simulations. The results showed that increasing ventilation rate especially in homes, offices and classrooms is an effective control method for controlling airborne and partially airborne transmitted infections. Combining isolation and increasing ventilation rate can reach similar or even better control effect compared with other general public health interventions such as vaccination. This finding suggested the important role of ventilation in airborne infectious disease prevention and intervention. The ventilation rate required by existing ventilation standards such as ASHRAE 62 might be too low for the purpose of controlling possible airborne outbreaks.
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Xie, Xiaojian, and 解晓健. "Evaporation and movement of respiratory droplets in indoor environments." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40987802.

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Matose, Munyaradzi T. "Ventilation in minibus taxis as a means of airborne infection control." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29511.

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Airborne infection control (AIC) measures are used extensively in healthcare settings to curtail the spread of airborne infectious diseases; these measures include administrative, architectural, engineering (e.g. ventilation) and personal protective interventions, serving either to reduce the concentration of airborne infectious particles or to protect individuals from direct exposure to airborne infection. Few such measures are applied in public congregate spaces outside of health facilities, such as those associated with public transport. Limited literature is available on existing AIC measures in the context of public transport modalities. This study explores the role of ventilation as an AIC measure in minibus taxis in Cape Town, South Africa, to determine its potential role in reducing airborne infectious disease transmission. The minibus taxi model chosen for the study was the Toyota Quantum Ses’fikile, which is commonly used in the Cape Town metropole. The Ses’fikile taxi has 6 windows, 2 at the front, 2 in line with the main passenger door and 2 towards the rear of the taxi. Ultrasonic anemometers were placed at key positions throughout the taxi-interior to measure and log airflow patterns, under different widow-open/close configurations and at different taxi speeds. To determine ventilation rates, the configurations were tested in an occupied taxi, with occupants comprising the driver, a researcher, and 14 volunteer participants. This study analysed TB transmission risk using the Issarow equation, a dose-response model. Airflows created by different window configurations produced patterns in airflow direction and velocity. A linear regression model fit to the ventilation data revealed that increasing taxi speed increased ventilation. Ventilation rates were found to depend on interior airflow as a result of the window configuration, as well as on the number of open windows, although the ventilation rate was not highest with the highest number of open windows. The best ventilation rates were found with four open windows, which included the front windows on both sides of the vehicle, and either the middle windows on both sides or the rear windows on both sides. The ventilation rates produced by these configurations at all tested taxi speeds (40 km/h, 80 km/h and 100 km/h) ranged from 108 to 316 L/s and exceeded the World Health Organization recommendation for new healthcare facilities, airborne precaution rooms, and general wards and outpatient departments. TB transmission probabilities in a taxi were dependent on ventilation, occupancy, number of infectors and duration of exposure. The risk of transmission was shown to increase substantially when ventilation rates fell below 50 L/s. In conclusion, minibus taxis were found to provide an effective range of ventilation rates that reduce the risk of TB transmission at varying speeds, however when natural ventilation is not used and with typical high occupancies, the risk posed to all occupants is high. Alternative AIC interventions may have to be considered.
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Books on the topic "Airborne infection"

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Council, National Safety, ed. Bloodborne and airborne pathogens. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2005.

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Council, National Safety, ed. Bloodborne and airborne pathogens. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2009.

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Cleri, Dennis J. Airborne infections: Protecting your patients and yourself. Deerfield Beach, Fla: Health Studies Institute, 2002.

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Kowalski, Wladyslaw Jan. Aerobiological engineering handbook: A guide to airborne disease control technologies. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

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J, Allen Robert, Illinois. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources., Illinois. Division of Energy and Environmental Affairs., and University of Illinois at Chicago. School of Public Health., eds. Bacterial emissions from incineration of hospital waste: Final report. Springfield, IL: The Division, 1988.

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Gun, Wirtanen, and Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus, eds. Clean air solutions in food processing. Espoo [Finland]: VTT, 2002.

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Office, United States Government Accountability. Anthrax detection: Agencies need to validate sampling activities in order to increase confidence in negative results : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security, emerging Threats, and International Relations, House Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives. Washington, D.C: United States Government Accountability Office, 2005.

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Steven, Specter, Bendinelli Mauro, and Friedman Herman 1931-, eds. Rapid detection of infectious agents. New York: Plenum Press, 1998.

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Nastov, Joanne. The use of fibre technology to control surface dust and bacteria contamination. [Murdoch] W.A: School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, 2003.

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Baillie, M. G. L. New light on the Black Death: The cosmic connection. Stroud: Tempus, 2006.

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Book chapters on the topic "Airborne infection"

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Andersen, Bjørg Marit. "Airborne/Droplet Infection Isolation." In Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals, 187–96. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99921-0_18.

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Sreeramoju, Pranavi V., and Jose Cadena. "Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach." In Infection Prevention, 285–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60980-5_30.

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Sreeramoju, Pranavi V., and Jose Cadena. "Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach." In Infection Prevention, 327–36. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98427-4_29.

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Carr, Jessica Cassyle. "The Social Construction of Airborne Infections." In Architectural Factors for Infection and Disease Control, 30–42. New York: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003214502-3.

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Bale, Rahul, Chungang Li, Hajime Fukudome, Saori Yumino, Akiyoshi Iida, and Makoto Tsubokura. "Infection Risk in a Restaurant Environment Due to Airborne Diseases." In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, 1723–27. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_179.

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Souza, Pedro Carmo e., and Joyce Correna Carlo. "The Effect of Architectural Parameters on the Risk of Infection by Airborne Diseases in Classrooms." In World Sustainability Series, 233–48. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49853-4_14.

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Carannante, Novella, Eugenio Piscitelli, Anna Annunziata, and Giuseppe Fiorentino. "Influenza and Other Airborne Infections." In Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation in High Risk Infections, Mass Casualty and Pandemics, 385–87. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29673-4_41.

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Ulrichs, Timo. "Airborne Transmission: Influenza and Tuberculosis." In Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology, 279–90. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93835-6_16.

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Barbosa, Bruno Perazzo Pedroso. "Application of a Coupled CFD-Multizone Code on Ventilation and Filtration Analysis for Covid-19 Airborne Infection Control in a Small Office." In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, 2147–55. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_229.

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Merisi, A. M., R. Venezia, V. Ciaccio, C. Formenti, G. Galli, O. Mariani, I. Colombo, et al. "Airborne Microbial Contamination and Hospital Infections." In Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Hospitals, 161–67. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8773-0_14.

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Conference papers on the topic "Airborne infection"

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Streifel, A., A. Geeslin, and G. Nelson. "231. Airborne Infection Isolation Room Leakage Analysis." In AIHce 2006. AIHA, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.3320/1.2753382.

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Matung, Thawin, Thammanoon Sookchaiya, and Prasit Nangtin. "Thermal Environmental Control System in Airborne Infection Isolation Room." In 2022 37th International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC). IEEE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/itc-cscc55581.2022.9894981.

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Barrak, Elaf Sadeq, Hasanain M. Hussain, and Laith Jaafer Habeeb. "Assessing Indoor Air Quality Indices and Airborne Contaminant Exposure in Isolation Rooms with Protected Zone Ventilation Systems: A Comprehensive Review." In The 2nd International Conference on The Future Sustainable Energy. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/p-qq0rvr.

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Airborne transmission of pathogens, particularly through respiratory droplets and aerosols, poses a significant risk to human health and contributes to the spread of infectious respiratory disorders. Urbanization and population increase are frequently linked to rising energy consumption and the use of natural resources like fossil fuels, which harms the ecology. Solar and geothermal energy are examples of renewable energy sources that provide options that can help with environmentally friendly and cost-effective energy-efficient thermal comfort solutions. Adequate ventilation plays a crucial role in mitigating this risk and safeguarding human well-being. Previous studies have examined the importance of ventilation in airborne infection control, emphasizing its impact on indoor air quality. This paper aims to comprehensively review various control measures for enhancing indoor air quality, taking into account relevant influencing parameters. Additionally, the study explores sustainable solutions that can contribute to the long-term prevention of declining air quality and mitigate the potential impact of future biological threats on human health. A thorough literature study evaluates the performance of protected zone ventilation in reducing the risk associated with respiratory droplets and aerosols generated by infected individuals in different confined spaces. The findings highlight the significance of guideline recommendations to prevent airborne transmission of infections and offer a concise overview of enhanced ventilation strategies for improving indoor air quality, particularly in air-conditioned environments. The results of this review contribute to a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of protected zone ventilation in reducing the spread of respiratory pathogens. Moreover, they provide insights into the importance of maintaining optimal indoor air quality through appropriate ventilation measures. The implications of this research are crucial for developing evidence-based guidelines and strategies that can mitigate the impact of airborne transmission and foster healthier indoor environments.
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Annadurai, Gurubalan. "Role of Energy Recovery Ventilators on the Indoor Airborne Disease Transmission." In ENERGISE 2023. Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.62576/ijxo1869.

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Energy recovery ventilators (ERVs) are commonly used in HVAC systems to reduce energy consumption. ERVs transfer the energy from the exhaust air and use it to precondition the incoming outdoor ventilation air. According to literature evidence of non-biological contaminant transfer, it is suspected that the bioaerosols (with pathogen) may be transferred from exhaust to ventilation air during energy transfer in ERVs. This may lead to disease transmission indoors. Consequently, without any experimental/field evidence, ERVs are often bypassed in the HVAC systems during pandemic operations. To address this research gap, this study numerically analyzes the effect of ERVs on indoor airborne disease transmission in a multi-room office building. It is identified that the ERV slightly increases the infection risk only in the connected rooms (rooms without the source of infection), whereas bypassing ERV increases the infection risk in both source and connected rooms
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Jayasundara, Udayanga, Xingya Liu, and Zhe Luo. "A Bluetooth App-Based Self-Estimated Infection Model for Airborne-Based Epidemic Diseases." In GLOBECOM 2020 - 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference. IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/globecom42002.2020.9322080.

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Jani, N., M. J. Falvo, M. Arjomandi, S. D. Krefft, J. J. Osterholzer, S. E. Hines, E. Shuping, and A. M. Sotolongo. "COVID-19 Infection Among Airborne Hazards Open Burn Pit Registry Participants Utilizing the VA." In American Thoracic Society 2021 International Conference, May 14-19, 2021 - San Diego, CA. American Thoracic Society, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2021.203.1_meetingabstracts.a3086.

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Katramiz, Elvire, Nesreen Ghaddar, and Kamel Ghali. "Effect of Intermittent Personalized Ventilation on Coughed Particles Dispersion in an Office Space and Resulting Cross Contamination." In ASME 2021 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2021 15th International Conference on Energy Sustainability. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ht2021-60817.

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Abstract The transmission of infectious respiratory diseases has been a topic of broad interest for decades. It is largely influenced by the ventilation in the space, especially localized ventilation near the infection source. One energy-friendly ventilation technique that has been extensively investigated in contaminants transmission is Personalized Ventilation (PV), which delivers cool clean air directly towards the breathing zone of the user, procuring acceptable levels of thermal comfort and breathable air quality. However, when used by an infected person, it might amplify the dispersion of the expiratory droplets, increasing the risk of airborne cross-infection. Some PV applications varied the supplied cool clean air intermittently in order to enhance occupants’ thermal comfort and improve energy performance. Such system operation is referred to as Intermitted PV (I-PV). Nonetheless, the effect of such oscillatory jet on airborne diseases dispersion has not been assessed in literature to the authors’ knowledge. In this work, the impact of integrating I-PV with mixed ventilation on cross-contamination is investigated for the case where an infected user is coughing. The I-PV is considered to operate at an average flowrate of 10 l/s, with a minimum of 4 l/s at a typical frequency of 0.94 Hz. The infected person is considered seated in a tandem (i.e. back-to-face) position with respect to a healthy person, located at a distance of 1.5 m and not using PV. This reflects the worst-case scenario where the healthy person is not protected by PV. A validated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is used to assess the cross-contamination between the occupants. A comparison between I-PV and steady PV (S-PV) of constant flowrate of 10 l/s is conducted to highlight the influence of I-PV on contaminants dispersion in the space and the resulting exposure level of a healthy occupant. Results showed that the use of I-PV reduced the exposure levels of the healthy occupant in comparison to S-PV.
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Ruiker, Aaditya, Shadab Mohammed, Rohit Chavan, Praveen Kumar, and Sandip Jadhav. "CFD modelling of contaminant control in designing ventilation system for an airborne infection isolation room (AIIR)." In 2021 Building Simulation Conference. KU Leuven, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.26868/25222708.2021.30969.

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Joshi, Vedant, and Francine Battaglia. "A Risk Assessment of Pathogen Transport During an Indoor Orchestra Performance." In ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2021-73290.

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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that airborne pathogens and viruses have a detrimental impact on the health and well-being of an individual in an indoor space. Respiratory particles are released as droplets of varying velocities and diameters, where smaller droplets (aerosols) linger in air for prolonged periods, increasing the infection risk of individuals in an enclosed space. The pandemic has raised concerns regarding the safety of musicians due to respiratory particles released through woodwind and brass instruments. A collaboration with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra was pursued to assess the risk of infection and develop strategies to mitigate the spread of respiratory particles using computational fluid dynamics. A coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian modeling approach was employed to examine the airflow patterns and airborne particle pathogen transport induced by the musicians in the music hall. The investigation considered three brass instruments (trumpet, tuba, trombone), without and with a bell covering. It was observed that the dispersion of particles for each instrument depended on the bell design and orientation of the instrument. For example, the trumpet produced a higher concentration of respiratory particles compared to a tuba, which has its tubing wrapped. Additionally, the effect of using bell covers (cloth covering on the opening of the brass instruments) showed that the covers reduced the number of pathogens escaping the instruments by capturing large respiratory particles and reducing the escaping velocity of small particles. Reduced particle velocities at the instrument opening meant that the particles traveled shorter distances, which helped mitigate the spread of virus in the music hall. Moreover, the efficacy of using Plexiglas partitions on the sides and in front of the musicians limited the transmission of pathogens from one musician to another. Overall, the findings of this study helped strategize the location of musicians based on the type of instruments being played and the operating conditions in the music hall to decrease the airborne transmission of the novel Coronavirus.
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Xuan, Xiaodong. "Notice of Retraction: A Review on Relationship between Airborne Infection and Two Different Ventilation Systems in Hospitals." In 2011 5th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering. IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icbbe.2011.5781281.

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Fu, Yuqi, Shuo Liu, Weijie Chen, Guohui Ruan, and Li Liu. Assessing the impact of ventilation on the potential airborne infection risk in hospital lung function room. Department of the Built Environment, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54337/aau541663876.

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Controlling the spread of respiratory infectious diseases in healthcare settings is important to avoid nosocomial infection. We utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation, real-time carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring, microorganism culturing, and microorganism sequencing to quantitatively assess the exposure risk of healthcare workers to infectious respiratory particles (IRPs) in one lung function room under two ventilation configurations. The original ventilation system supplied 2 air changes per hour (ACH) for fresh air and 2 ACH for recirculated air, while the retrofitted ventilation system supplied 6 ACH of fresh air. Indoor CO2 concentration and microorganism concentration decreased after the retrofit. The ventilation modification significantly improved the discharge efficiency for 5 μm IRPs and 50 μm IRPs. The intake fraction of 5 μm aerosols and 50 μm aerosols for HCW decreased by 0.005% and 0.006%, respectively. This study also reviewed the effectiveness of the above methods when evaluating building retrofit.
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Rahai, Hamid, and Jeremy Bonifacio. Numerical Investigations of Virus Transport Aboard a Commuter Bus. Mineta Transportation Institute, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31979/mti.2021.2048.

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The authors performed unsteady numerical simulations of virus/particle transport released from a hypothetical passenger aboard a commuter bus. The bus model was sized according to a typical city bus used to transport passengers within the city of Long Beach in California. The simulations were performed for the bus in transit and when the bus was at a bus stop opening the middle doors for 30 seconds for passenger boarding and drop off. The infected passenger was sitting in an aisle seat in the middle of the bus, releasing 1267 particles (viruses)/min. The bus ventilation system released air from two linear slots in the ceiling at 2097 cubic feet per minute (CFM) and the air was exhausted at the back of the bus. Results indicated high exposure for passengers sitting behind the infectious during the bus transit. With air exchange outside during the bus stop, particles were spread to seats in front of the infectious passenger, thus increasing the risk of infection for the passengers sitting in front of the infectious person. With higher exposure time, the risk of infection is increased. One of the most important factors in assessing infection risk of respiratory diseases is the spatial distribution of the airborne pathogens. The deposition of the particles/viruses within the human respiratory system depends on the size, shape, and weight of the virus, the morphology of the respiratory tract, as well as the subject’s breathing pattern. For the current investigation, the viruses are modeled as solid particles of fixed size. While the results provide details of particles transport within a bus along with the probable risk of infection for a short duration, however, these results should be taken as preliminary as there are other significant factors such as the virus’s survival rate, the size distribution of the virus, and the space ventilation rate and mixing that contribute to the risk of infection and have not been taken into account in this investigation.
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Levesque, Justine, Nathaniel Loranger, Carter Sehn, Shantel Johnson, and Jordan Babando. COVID-19 prevalence and infection control measures at homeless shelters and hostels in high-income countries: protocol for a scoping review. York University Libraries, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25071/10315/38513.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted people experiencing homelessness. Homeless shelters and hostels, as congregate living spaces for residents with many health vulnerabilities, are highly susceptible to outbreaks of COVID-19. A synthesis of the research-to-date can inform evidence-based practices for infection, prevention, and control strategies at these sites to reduce the prevalence of COVID-19 among both shelter/hostel residents and staff. Methods: A scoping review in accordance with Arksey and O’Malley’s framework will be conducted to identify literature reporting COVID-19 positivity rates among homeless shelter and hostel residents and staff, as well as infection control strategies to prevent outbreaks in these facilities. The focus will be on literature produced in high-income countries. Nine academic literature databases and 11 grey literature databases will be searched for literature from March 2020 to July 2021. Literature screening will be completed by two reviewers and facilitated by Covidence, a systematic review management platform. A third reviewer will be engaged to resolve disagreements and facilitate consensus. A narrative summary of the major themes identified in the literature, numerical counts of relevant data including the COVID-19 positivity rates, and recommendations for different infection control approaches will be produced. Discussion: The synthesis of the research generated on COVID-19 prevalence and prevention in homeless shelters and hostels will assist in establishing best practices to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne diseases at these facilities in high-income countries while identifying next steps to expand the existing evidence base.
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Samsudin, Ely Zarina, Siti Munira Yasin, Nurhuda Ismail, Muhammad Rodi Isa, Nasaruddin Abd Rahman, Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair, Dayanath A/L Manivasagam, and Nur Fateh Alia Rosli. Law enforcement and preparedness for airborne and droplet borne infectious diseases in industries: A systematic review. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.9.0049.

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Samsudin, Ely Zarina, Siti Munira Yasin, Mohamad Rodi Isa, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Nur Hasanah Ruslan, Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair Hair, Dayanath Manivasagam, and Nur Aina Syazwani Zakaria. Socioeconomic and Occupational Safety and Health Impact of Airborne and Droplet Borne Infectious Diseases in Industries: A Systematic Review. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.9.0055.

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Proceedings of the workshop on engineering controls for preventing airborne infections in workers in health care and related facilities. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, January 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.26616/nioshpub94106.

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