Standard pleural interventions are not high-risk aerosol generating procedures

David T Arnold; Florence K A Gregson; Sadiyah Sheikh; Fergus W Hamilton; Hugh Welch; Alexandra Dipper; George W Nava; AERATOR group; James W Dodd; Amelia O Clive; Bryan R Bzdek; Jonathan P Reid; Nick A Maskell; AERATOR group (in alphabetical order): The AERATOR group consists of (in alphabetical order):

doi:10.1183/13993003.01064-2021

Standard pleural interventions are not high-risk aerosol generating procedures

Eur Respir J. 2021 Oct 14;58(4):2101064. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01064-2021. Print 2021 Oct.

Authors

Collaborators

David T Arnold, Jules Brown, Bryan R Bzdek, Andrew Davidson, James W Dodd, Mark Gormley, Florence K A Gregson, Fergus W Hamilton, Nick A Maskell, James Murray, Johannes Keller, Anthony E Pickering, Jonathan P Reid, Sadiyah Sheikh, Andrew Shrimpton

Affiliations

¹ Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK arnold.dta@gmail.com.
² Bristol Aerosol Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁴ Infection Sciences, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁵ Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Abstract

Percutaneous pleural procedures should not be considered aerosol generating. This study should inform future iterations of guidelines on the appropriate use of PPE when performing these procedures. https://bit.ly/3xFF71d

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aerosols
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional*
Pandemics*

Substances

Aerosols

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding