Examples of medical procedures and health care facilities associated with an increased risk of aerosol inhalation by health care providers

Table 10.6-1. Examples of medical procedures and health care facilities associated with an increased risk of aerosol inhalation by health care providers
Aerosol-generating medical procedures
– Intubation, extubation, and related procedures (eg, manual ventilation and open deep suctioning) – Tracheotomy/tracheostomy procedures (insertion, open suctioning, removal) – Bronchoscopy – Surgical procedures using high-speed devices in the respiratory tract – Certain dental procedures (eg, high-speed drilling and ultrasonic scalers) – Noninvasive ventilation (eg, BiPAP and CPAP) – HFOV – Induction of sputum with nebulized saline, nebulization, aerosol therapy – High-flow nasal oxygen therapy (with HFNC)
Facilities in which aerosol-generating medical procedures are frequently performed
– ICUs – Postoperative wards providing invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation – Emergency departments – Hospital wards providing noninvasive ventilation – Dental practices – Endoscopy units
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BiPAP, bilevel positive airway pressure; CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure; HFNC, high-flow nasal cannula; HFOV, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation; ICU, intensive care unit.