Contamination of filtering face piece 3 masks with SARS-COV-2 during endotracheal intubation

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):494-495. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.269. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Authors

Alice Bone¹, Elizabeth Barton², Shirley Hoskins³, Abigail Holborow¹, Claire Johnston¹, Ian Blyth¹, Jonathan Evans⁴, Brendan Healy⁵

Affiliations

¹ Public Health Wales Microbiology, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
² Critical Care, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
³ Emergency Care and Hospital Operations, Swansea Bay University Health Board, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
⁴ Virology, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
⁵ Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Air Filters / adverse effects
Air Filters / virology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control
COVID-19 / transmission
Equipment Contamination*
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects*
Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
Masks / adverse effects
Masks / virology*
SARS-CoV-2*