Assessing the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission via Surgical Electrocautery Plume.
basic_science · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34019099.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2591 and PMC identifier 8140389.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
This quality improvement study used a nonhuman subject research approach to examine whether SARS-CoV-2 from aerosolized virus is present in and potentially transmissible from a electrocautery plume in surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Aerosols
- COVID-19
- Electrocoagulation
- SARS-CoV-2