Three-chamber chest drain system in the COVID-19 era: is there a risk of further transmission?

Fabio Davoli; Venerino Poletti; Franco Stella

doi:10.5603/ARM.a2020.0100

Three-chamber chest drain system in the COVID-19 era: is there a risk of further transmission?

Adv Respir Med. 2020;88(4):366-368. doi: 10.5603/ARM.a2020.0100.

Authors

Fabio Davoli¹, Venerino Poletti², Franco Stella³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Santa Maria delle Croci Teaching Hospital of Ravenna, AUSL Romagna, Ravenna, Italy. fabio.davoli78@gmail.com.
² Department of Diseases of the Thorax, Azienda USL Romagna, Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
³ University of Bologna, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Azienda USL Romagna, Morgagni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.

PMID: 32869274
DOI: 10.5603/ARM.a2020.0100

Abstract

We discuss the hypothesis that common Chest Drain Systems collected to a COVID-19 patient, could be a possible source of contamination for health care staff in a Thoracic Surgery ward and we propose an alternative way to minimize this further risk of transmission.

Keywords: COVID-19; chest drain system; transmission.

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Chest Tubes / adverse effects*
Clinical Competence
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Drainage / adverse effects
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control
Patient Care Management / methods
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
Risk Assessment
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / methods*
Thoracostomy / methods