Prospective study on the risk of transmission due to droplets and aerosols during an endoscopic procedure and the usefulness of extraoral suction devices.
Hironori SunakawaYusuke YodaMari TakahashiKeisuke AraiYuki KanoHiroki YamashitaNaoki AoyamaTomohiro MitsuiAtsushi InabaKenji TakashimaKeiichiro NakajoTatsuro MuranoKeiichiro NakajoKensuke ShinmuraHiroaki IkematsuTomonori YanoPublished in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2022)
During endoscopic procedures, cleaning the surrounding environment is important in addition to standard precautions the endoscopist and caregivers take. The use of extraoral suction devices can also potentially reduce contamination of the surrounding environment.