If your hospital only requires N95 for aerosol generating procedures, they are wrong
“the term aerosol-generating is a misnomer. It is not the procedure that increases risk but sustained proximity to the respiratory tract of a highly symptomatic patient.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…
“the term aerosol-generating is a misnomer. It is not the procedure that increases risk but sustained proximity to the respiratory tract of a highly symptomatic patient.”
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…
“These factors explain the intubation paradox, the fact that controlled intubations generate negligible amounts of aerosols (far less than volitional coughing), but intubation has repeatedly been associated with increased risk for health care worker infections.”
“The answer is that intubating a patient with viral respiratory failure forces the operator to be very close to the respiratory tract of a highly symptomatic patient, often while also forcing gas over the respiratory mucosa…”
“…for the purposes of preoxygenation or preintubation respiratory support.”
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