The Vacuum Assisted Negative Pressure Isolation Hood (VANISH) System : Novel Application of the Stryker Neptune™ Suction Machine to Create COVID-19 Negative Pressure Isolation Environments

Copyright © 2020, Convissar et al..

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may remain viable in the air for up to three hours, placing health care workers in close proximity to aerosolizing procedures particularly at high risk for infection. This combined with the drastic shortage of negative pressure rooms hospitals worldwide has led to the rapid innovation of novel biohazard isolation hoods, which can be adapted to create negative pressure isolation environments around the patient's airway using the hospital wall suction, which carries many limitations, including weaker suction capabilities, single patient use, and immobility. Here, we report our Vacuum Assisted Negative Pressure Isolation Hood (VANISH) system that uses a mobile and readily available in most hospital operating rooms Stryker Neptune™ (Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, Michigan) high-powered suction system to more effectively create a negative pressure biohazard isolation environment. VANISH has been utilized regularly in an anesthesia practice of 30+ providers and, to date, there have been no documented COVID-19 infections.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 12(2020), 5 vom: 14. Mai, Seite e8126

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Convissar, David [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Connie Y [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Wonjae E [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Marvin G [VerfasserIn]
Bittner, Edward A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus disease (covid-19)
Covid-19
Health care worker safety
Journal Article
Negative pressure hood
Negative pressure rooms
Negative pressure tent
Stryker neptune
Vacuum assisted negative pressure isolation hood
Vanish system
Wall suction

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Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.8126

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310087309