COVID-19 aerosol box as protection from droplet and aerosol contaminations in healthcare workers performing airway intubation: a randomised cross-over simulation study.
Muhaimin Noor AzharAida BustamKhadijah PohAhmad Zulkarnain Ahmad ZahediMohd Zahir Amin Mohd NazriMohammad Aizuddin Azizah AriffinMohd Hafyzuddin Md YusufAliyah ZambriJohnathan Y O ChongAnhar KamarudinBin Ting AngAffan IskandarKeng Sheng ChewPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)
An aerosol box may significantly reduce exposure to contaminations but with increased intubation time and reduced operator's mobility and visibility. Furthermore, the difference in degree of contamination between using and not using an aerosol box could be offset by proper doffing of PPE.