Risk of air and surface contamination during application of different noninvasive respiratory support for patients with COVID-19

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OBJECTIVES: We compared the risk of environmental contamination among patients with COVID-19 who received high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC), noninvasive ventilation (NIV), and conventional oxygen therapy (COT) via nasal cannula for respiratory failure.

METHODS: Air was sampled from the hospital isolation rooms with 12 air changes/hr where 26 patients with COVID-19 received HFNC (up to 60 l/min, n = 6), NIV (n = 6), or COT (up to 5 l/min of oxygen, n = 14). Surface samples were collected from 16 patients during air sampling.

RESULTS: Viral RNA was detected at comparable frequency in air samples collected from patients receiving HFNC (3/54, 5.6%), NIV (1/54, 1.9%), and COT (4/117, 3.4%) (P = 0.579). Similarly, the risk of surface contamination was comparable among patients receiving HFNC (3/46, 6.5%), NIV (14/72, 19.4%), and COT (8/59, 13.6%) (P = 0.143). An increment in the cyclic thresholds of the upper respiratory specimen prior to air sampling was associated with a reduced SARS-CoV-2 detection risk in air (odds ratio 0.83 [95% confidence interval 0.69-0.96], P = 0.027) by univariate logistic regression.

CONCLUSION: No increased risk of environmental contamination in the isolation rooms was observed in the use of HFNC and NIV vs COT among patients with COVID-19 with respiratory failure. Higher viral load in the respiratory samples was associated with positive air samples.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:133

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 133(2023) vom: 05. Aug., Seite 60-66

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hui, David S [VerfasserIn]
Yung, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Ken K P [VerfasserIn]
Ng, Susanna S [VerfasserIn]
Lui, Grace [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Fanny W [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Tat-On [VerfasserIn]
Yiu, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuguo [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Matthew T V [VerfasserIn]
Yen, Hui-Ling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Air
HFNC
Journal Article
NIV
Oxygen
Oxygen therapy
S88TT14065
Surface sampling

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.06.2023

Date Revised 09.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2023.05.008

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35685308X