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How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?

Environment international, 2020-09, Vol.142, p.105832-105832, Article 105832 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2020 The Author(s) ;Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. ;2020 The Author(s) 2020 ;ISSN: 0160-4120 ;ISSN: 1873-6750 ;EISSN: 1873-6750 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105832 ;PMID: 32521345

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Title:
How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?
Author: Morawska, Lidia ; Tang, Julian W. ; Bahnfleth, William ; Bluyssen, Philomena M. ; Boerstra, Atze ; Buonanno, Giorgio ; Cao, Junji ; Dancer, Stephanie ; Floto, Andres ; Franchimon, Francesco ; Haworth, Charles ; Hogeling, Jaap ; Isaxon, Christina ; Jimenez, Jose L. ; Kurnitski, Jarek ; Li, Yuguo ; Loomans, Marcel ; Marks, Guy ; Marr, Linsey C. ; Mazzarella, Livio ; Melikov, Arsen Krikor ; Miller, Shelly ; Milton, Donald K. ; Nazaroff, William ; Nielsen, Peter V. ; Noakes, Catherine ; Peccia, Jordan ; Querol, Xavier ; Sekhar, Chandra ; Seppänen, Olli ; Tanabe, Shin-ichi ; Tellier, Raymond ; Tham, Kwok Wai ; Wargocki, Pawel ; Wierzbicka, Aneta ; Yao, Maosheng
Subjects: Aerosols ; Air Microbiology ; Betacoronavirus ; Building Technologies ; Civil Engineering ; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control ; Coronavirus Infections - transmission ; Correspondence ; COVID-19 ; Crowding ; Disinfection - instrumentation ; Engineering and Technology ; Filtration ; Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi ; Health Sciences ; Humans ; Husbyggnad ; Hälsovetenskap ; Inhalation Exposure ; Medical and Health Sciences ; Medicin och hälsovetenskap ; Pandemics - prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control ; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission ; Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology ; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Teknik ; Ventilation
Is Part Of: Environment international, 2020-09, Vol.142, p.105832-105832, Article 105832
Description: During the rapid rise in COVID-19 illnesses and deaths globally, and notwithstanding recommended precautions, questions are voiced about routes of transmission for this pandemic disease. Inhaling small airborne droplets is probable as a third route of infection, in addition to more widely recognized transmission via larger respiratory droplets and direct contact with infected people or contaminated surfaces. While uncertainties remain regarding the relative contributions of the different transmission pathways, we argue that existing evidence is sufficiently strong to warrant engineering controls targeting airborne transmission as part of an overall strategy to limit infection risk indoors. Appropriate building engineering controls include sufficient and effective ventilation, possibly enhanced by particle filtration and air disinfection, avoiding air recirculation and avoiding overcrowding. Often, such measures can be easily implemented and without much cost, but if only they are recognised as significant in contributing to infection control goals. We believe that the use of engineering controls in public buildings, including hospitals, shops, offices, schools, kindergartens, libraries, restaurants, cruise ships, elevators, conference rooms or public transport, in parallel with effective application of other controls (including isolation and quarantine, social distancing and hand hygiene), would be an additional important measure globally to reduce the likelihood of transmission and thereby protect healthcare workers, patients and the general public.
Publisher: Netherlands: Elsevier Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0160-4120
ISSN: 1873-6750
EISSN: 1873-6750
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105832
PMID: 32521345
Source: MEDLINE
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How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?

2020 The Author(s) ;Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. ;2020 The Author(s) 2020 ;ISSN: 0160-4120 ;ISSN: 1873-6750 ;EISSN: 1873-6750 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105832 ;PMID: 32521345

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