Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 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,
- Preeti Mehrotra,
- Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha,
- Robert Colgrove,
- Shira Doron,
- Robert Duncan,
- Richard Ellison,
- Sarah Haessler,
- David C. Hooper,
- Michael Klompas,
- Cassandra M. Pierre,
- Thomas J. Sandora,
- Erica S. Shenoy,
- Sharon B. Wright
Affiliations
- Dana E. Pepe
- ORCiD
- Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Preeti Mehrotra
- Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha
- ORCiD
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Robert Colgrove
- ORCiD
- Infectious Diseases Division, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Shira Doron
- ORCiD
- The Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Tufts University School of Medicine, Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Robert Duncan
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts Tufts University School of Medicine, Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Richard Ellison
- Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
- Sarah Haessler
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate, Worcester, Massachusetts
- David C. Hooper
- Division of Infectious Diseases; Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Michael Klompas
- ORCiD
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Cassandra M. Pierre
- ORCiD
- Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
- Thomas J. Sandora
- ORCiD
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Erica S. Shenoy
- ORCiD
- Division of Infectious Diseases; Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Sharon B. Wright
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Beth Israel Lahey Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2023.118
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3
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.
