Evaluation of face shields used during aerosol generating procedures

Abstract Transnasal flexible laryngoscopy is considered an aerosol generating procedure. A negative pressure face shield (NPFS) was developed to control aerosol from the patient during laryngoscopy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the NPFS at controlling virus aerosol...

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Main Authors: Alessandra A. Pratt, Grant D. Brown, Jarrett E. Walsh, Henry T. Hoffman, Matthew W. Nonnenmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42403-8