Covid is Airborne: You’re breathing it in
A powerful short video explaining how COVID spreads through the air like smoke, highlighting why ventilation, clean air and respiratory protection matter.
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A paper published in the Journal of Hospital Infection (08/12/23) looked to study the role of the hospital environment in the spread of COVID-19 and to measure associations between ward characteristics and outbreak size to inform mitigations.
The study found community admissions were lower in case wards vs control ward, whereas transfers between wards within the same hospital were higher. Wards with more transfers in the preceding fortnight were significantly more likely to experience a large outbreak.
The paper recommended minimising patient movements to reduce the likelihood of disease transmission.
The full study can be read here.
