Author: Hui, David S.; Ip, Margaret; Tang, Julian W.; Wong, Alexandra L.N.; Chan, Matthew T.V.; Hall, Stephen D.; Chan, Paul K.S.; Sung, Joseph J.Y.
Title: Airflows Around Oxygen Masks: A Potential Source of Infection Cord-id: qij0248p Document date: 2015_12_31
ID: qij0248p
Snippet: Patients with respiratory infections often require the use of supplemental oxygen via oxygen masks, which, in the hospital, may become sources of aerosolized infectious pathogens. To assess this risk, a human lung model (respiration rate, 12 breaths/min) was designed to test the potential for a simple oxygen mask at a common setting (4 L/min) to disperse potentially infectious exhaled air into the surrounding area. A laser sheet was used to illuminate the exhaled air from the mask, which contain
Document: Patients with respiratory infections often require the use of supplemental oxygen via oxygen masks, which, in the hospital, may become sources of aerosolized infectious pathogens. To assess this risk, a human lung model (respiration rate, 12 breaths/min) was designed to test the potential for a simple oxygen mask at a common setting (4 L/min) to disperse potentially infectious exhaled air into the surrounding area. A laser sheet was used to illuminate the exhaled air from the mask, which contained fine tracer smoke particles. An analysis of captured digital images showed that the exhaled air at the peak of simulated exhalation reached a distance of approximately 0.40 m.
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