10 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Coronavirus
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Airborne Transmission
COVID-19 Common Practices: Advantages, Disadvantages, Risks, and Comments
This document provides considerations related to various measures that may be employed in operating rooms (OR) to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This includes advantages, disadvantages, risks, and comments associated with each measure. It contains general feedback from the AIRAH Infection Control and Operating Theatre Practices Special Technical Group (STG) on common practices in infection
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COVID-19 Guidance: School Buildings
In Australia ventilation of school buildings is a challenge. In times of COVID-19, the importance of a good indoor air quality is once more emphasised.
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Guidance for School Buildings – COVID-19
In this document you will find summarised advice on the operation and use of building services in schools to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). This guide is aimed at school principals and facility managers.
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Guidance Document for Primary and Secondary Schools: COVID-19 Ventilation Optimisation
Schools are re-opening throughout Australia. School administrators and teachers are concerned about the safety of children and staff. There are many more questions about the best way to protect children from COVID-19 infection at school than there are answers. School administrators are being bombarded by vendors selling a myriad of products, some of which may
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NIOSH Personal Protective Equipment Information (PPE-Info)
Barrier Face Coverings and NIOSH Performance/Performance Plus Masks Conforming BFCs and Workplace Performance/Performance Plus Masks The Table below list BFCs and Workplace Performance/Performance Plus masks that conform to the ASTM F3502-21 and NIOSH requirements, respectively. The quantitative test results were provided to NIOSH by the manufacturers. Contact information is provided so you can contact the
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Potential application of Air Cleaning devices and personal decontamination to manage transmission of COVID-19
Application of air-cleaning devices may be a useful strategy to reduce airborne transmission risks in poorly ventilated spaces (medium confidence). Air cleaning devices have limited benefit in spaces that are already adequately ventilated, and are not necessary for adequately ventilated buildings unless there are identified specific risks (medium confidence). Air cleaning devices are not a
It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19
Studies by the signatories and other scientists have demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that viruses are released during exhalation, talking, and coughing in microdroplets small enough to remain aloft in air and pose a risk of exposure at distances beyond 1–2 m from an infected individual. For example, at typical indoor air velocities, a 5-μm
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It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19
We appeal to the medical community and to the relevant national and international bodies to recognize the potential for airborne spread of COVID-19. There is significant potential for inhalation exposure to viruses in microscopic respiratory droplets (microdroplets) at short to medium distances (up to several meters, or room scale), and we are advocating for the use of preventive
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