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Aerosol-generating procedures and risk of transmission of acute respiratory infections: a systematic review.

2013; National Institutes of Health; Linguagem: Inglês

Khai Tran, Karen Cimon, Melissa Severn, Carmem L Pessoa-Silva, John Conly,

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

It has been hypothesized that aerosol-generating procedures expose health care workers to respiratory pathogens, thereby increasing the risk of contracting the associated infectious diseases. However, the risk of transmission of acute respiratory infections from each aerosol-generating procedure has not been fully determined. World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines1 have listed procedures that may be associated with an increased risk of respiratory pathogen transmission. Objective The objective of the report was to answer the following research question: What is the clinical evidence for the risk of transmission of acute respiratory infections to health care workers caring for patients undergoing aerosol-generating clinical procedures, compared with the risk of transmission to health care workers caring for patients not undergoing aerosol-generating procedures?