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J Hosp Infect
November 2021
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
Background: Gaseous by-products generated by surgical devices - collectively referred to as 'surgical smoke' - present the hazard of transmitting infective viruses from patients to surgical teams. However, insufficient evidence exists to evaluate and mitigate the risks of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via surgical smoke.
Aim: To demonstrate the existence and infectivity of human coronavirus RNA in surgical smoke using a model experiment and to evaluate the possibility of lowering transmission risk by filtration through a surgical mask.
Jpn J Infect Dis
July 2021
Department of Microbiology, Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan.
Jpn J Infect Dis
September 2016
Department of Microbiology, Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health.
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