COVID-19: minimising risk to healthcare workers during aerosol-producing respiratory therapy using an innovative constant flow canopy

Yochai Adir; Ori Segol; Dmitry Kompaniets; Hadas Ziso; Yechiam Yaffe; Irina Bergman; Erez Hassidov; Arieh Eden

doi:10.1183/13993003.01017-2020

COVID-19: minimising risk to healthcare workers during aerosol-producing respiratory therapy using an innovative constant flow canopy

Eur Respir J. 2020 May 21;55(5):2001017. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01017-2020. Print 2020 May.

Authors

Yochai Adir^{1

2}, Ori Segol^{3

2}, Dmitry Kompaniets^{3

2}, Hadas Ziso⁴, Yechiam Yaffe⁵, Irina Bergman^{3

2}, Erez Hassidov⁴, Arieh Eden^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Pulmonary Division, Haifa, Israel adir-sh@zahav.net.il.
² The Faculty of Medicine, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
³ Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Pulmonary Division, Haifa, Israel.
⁴ Tamar Robotic LTD, Yagur, Israel.
⁵ Yafit Safety & Environment, Mevasseret Zion, Israel.

Abstract

An innovative constant flow canopy enables noninvasive respiratory support with minimal risk of healthcare worker infection https://bit.ly/3eqgoVZ

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Administration, Inhalation
Aerosols / administration & dosage*
Beds
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Equipment Design
Female
Health Personnel
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Male
Occupational Health*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
Protective Devices*
Respiratory Therapy / methods
Risk Assessment
Risk Reduction Behavior

Substances

Aerosols