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Airborne Isolation

Airborne Isolation is a type of infection control procedure that isolates individuals with confirmed or suspected airborne-transmissible diseases to prevent the dissemination of infectious agents through airborne particles, distinguished from other isolation methods by its specific focus on pathogens that remain infective over long distances and time in the air.

112

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8.9K

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566

Authors

227

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

44

Variants

Airborne Precautions

Parents

Publications

112

Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities. Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC).

Lynne M. Sehulster · PubMed · 2003 · 1.4K citations

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Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients

Po Ying Chia, Kristen K. Coleman, Yian Kim Tan et al. · Nature Communications · 2020 · 948 citations · Full text

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Aerosol and surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 observed in quarantine and isolation care

Joshua L. Santarpia, Danielle N. Rivera, Vicki L. Herrera et al. · Scientific Reports · 2020 · 630 citations · Full text

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Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong

Vincent Chi‐Chung Cheng, Shuk‐Ching Wong, Jonathan Hon-Kwan Chen et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2020 · 492 citations · Full text

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Transmission Potential of SARS-CoV-2 in Viral Shedding Observed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center

Joshua L. Santarpia, Danielle N. Rivera, Vicki L. Herrera et al. · medRxiv · 2020 · 436 citations · Full text

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Authors

566

  1. JH
    Jonathan Hon-Kwan Chen

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    4 publications · 731 citations

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  2. VC
    Vincent Chi‐Chung Cheng

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    4 publications · 731 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. YK
    Yian Kim Tan

    National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

    3

    h-index

  4. KK
    Kristen K. Coleman

    Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

    3

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  5. OT
    Oon Tek Ng

    Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

    3 publications · 1.1K citations

    3

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Institutions

227

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    374 citations

  2. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    4K citations

  3. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

    Washington D.C., United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    210 citations

  4. Queen Mary Hospital

    Hong Kong, China

    4 h-index

    30 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Tan Tock Seng Hospital

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    54 publications

    36.5K citations

  6. Duke-NUS Medical School

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    3.2K citations

  7. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    1.8K citations

  8. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    19 publications

    9.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

    ICHE · 13 publications · 967 citations

    12

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  2. American Journal of Infection Control

    AJIC · 11 publications · 365 citations

    11

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 6 publications · 1.6K citations

    6

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  4. Indoor Air

    5 publications · 335 citations

    5

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  5. Journal of Hygiene

    5 publications · 102 citations

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