Assessing the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission via Surgical Electrocautery Plume Article Swipe

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Leigh J. Sowerby , Anthony C. Nichols , Richard M. Gibson , Doron D. Sommer , Corey C. Moore , Douglas D. Fraser , Eric J. Arts ·

YOU? · · 2021 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2591

This quality improvement study used a nonhuman subject research approach to examine whether SARS-CoV-2 from aerosolized virus is present in and potentially transmissible from a electrocautery plume in surgery.

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Language: en
Landing Page: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2591
PDF: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/articlepdf/2780434/jamasurgery_sowerby_2021_ld_210012_1630075949.69709.pdf
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