You are very welcome.

 

Marilyn Byrd MSN, RN

System Director

Employee Health

Office: 812-238-7163

Fax: 812-238-7287

 

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Galaid Edward I
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:57 PM
To: Occ-Env-Med-L@listserv.unc.edu; mcoh-eh@mylist.net
Subject: [MCOH-EH] SARS CoV-19 virus in aerosols study

 

 

 

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Here’s the study that was mentioned in the NYTimes this AM.  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/health/coronavirus-aerosols-indoors.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

about virus in aerosol form detected in hospital air, not associated with aerosol generating procedures:  https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.03.20167395v1

 

You can download the full manuscript from that site.   It’s in pre-print format.  

I guess the next question is, what is a biologically significant concentration of viable virus particles that could ultimately cause disease spread. 

And if we’re out there seeing patients and we are  wearing nothing but  surgical masks…should we re-think that.    

 

Ed

 

Edward I. Galaid, MD, MPH, FACOEM

ABIM, ABPM (OM)

Medical Director, Occupational Medicine

Roper Saint Francis Healthcare

Charleston, SC 29401

Member, ACOEM Task Group on Law Enforcement Officer Health

Special Expert, NFPA Fire Service Occupational Safety & Health (FIX-AAA) Committee

843-402-5053

 

 


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