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 3rd; Sarah Haessler; David C Hooper; Michael Klompas; Cassandra M Pierre; Thomas J Sandora; Erica S Shenoy; Sharon B Wright

doi:10.1017/ash.2023.118

Use of expert consensus to develop a shared list of procedures with potential for aerosol generation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2023 Mar 6;3(1):e44. doi: 10.1017/ash.2023.118. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Dana E Pepe^{1

2

3}, Preeti Mehrotra^{1

2

3}, Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha^{4

3}, Robert Colgrove^{5

3}, Shira Doron^{6

7}, Robert Duncan^{8

7}, Richard Ellison 3rd^{9

10}, Sarah Haessler^{11

12}, David C Hooper^{13

3}, Michael Klompas^{14

3}, Cassandra M Pierre^{15

16}, Thomas J Sandora^{17

3}, Erica S Shenoy^{13

3}, Sharon B Wright^{2

18

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
⁵ Infectious Diseases Division, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
⁶ The Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Tufts University School of Medicine, Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
¹⁰ Division of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
¹¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
¹² UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate, Worcester, Massachusetts.
¹³ Division of Infectious Diseases; Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁵ Section of Infectious Diseases, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁶ Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
¹⁸ Beth Israel Lahey Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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.