Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol . Use of expert consensus to develop a shared list of procedures with potential for aerosol generation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

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Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol


. 2023 Mar 6;3(1):e44.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.118. eCollection 2023.
Use of expert consensus to develop a shared list of procedures with potential for aerosol generation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic


Dana E Pepe ^{1 2 3} , Preeti Mehrotra ^{1 2 3} , Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha ^{4 3} , Robert Colgrove ^{5 3} , Shira Doron ^{6 7} , Robert Duncan ^{8 7} , Richard Ellison 3rd ^{9 10} , Sarah Haessler ^{11 12} , David C Hooper ^{13 3} , Michael Klompas ^{14 3} , Cassandra M Pierre ^{15 16} , Thomas J Sandora ^{17 3} , Erica S Shenoy ^{13 3} , Sharon B Wright ^{2 18 3}



Affiliations

• PMID: 36960085
• PMCID: PMC10028938
• DOI: 10.1017/ash.2023.118

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighted the lack of agreement regarding the definition of aerosol-generating procedures and potential risk to healthcare personnel. We convened a group of Massachusetts healthcare epidemiologists to develop consensus through expert opinion in an area where broader guidance was lacking at the time.