Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Hospitals: Effects of Aerosol-Generating Procedures, HEPA-Filtration Units, Patient Viral Load, and Physical Distance.
Sara ThuressonCarl-Johan FraenkelSviataslau SasinovichJonathan SoldemyrAnders WidellPatrik MedstrandMalin AlsvedJakob LöndahlPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Our results show that major risk factors for airborne SARS-CoV-2 include short physical distance, high patient viral load, and poor room ventilation. AGPs, as traditionally defined, seem to be of secondary importance.