Revisiting the personal protective equipment components of transmission-based precautions for the prevention of COVID-19 and other respiratory virus infections in healthcare

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.32.2200718" target="_blank" >https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.32.2200718</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.32.2200718" target="_blank" >10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.32.2200718</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Revisiting the personal protective equipment components of transmission-based precautions for the prevention of COVID-19 and other respiratory virus infections in healthcare

Original language description

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted some potential limitations of transmission-based precautions. The distinction between transmission through large droplets vs aerosols, which have been fundamental concepts guiding infection control measures, has been questioned, leading to considerable variation in expert recommendations on transmission-based precautions for COVID-19. Furthermore, the application of elements of contact precautions, such as the use of gloves and gowns, is based on low-quality and inconclusive evidence and may have unintended consequences, such as increased incidence of healthcare-associated infections and spread of multidrug-resistant organisms. These observations indicate a need for high-quality studies to address the knowledge gaps and a need to revisit the theoretical background regarding various modes of transmission and the definitions of terms related to transmission. Further, we should examine the implications these definitions have on the following components of transmission-based precautions: (i) respiratory protection, ( ii) use of gloves and gowns for the prevention of respiratory virus infections, (iii) aerosol-generating procedures and (iv) universal masking in healthcare settings as a control measure especially during seasonal epidemics. Such a review would ensure that transmission-based precautions are consistent and rationally based on available evidence, which would facilitate decision-making, guidance development and training, as well as their application in practice.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30303 - Infectious Diseases

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Eurosurveillance

ISSN

1560-7917

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

32

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

21-27

UT code for WoS article

001101857500003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85167528982