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cord-315346-ebfjba4y	Cummings, Kristin J.	Exposure to Influenza Virus Aerosols in the Hospital Setting: Is Routine Patient Care an Aerosol Generating Procedure?	2014-03-04		.txt	text/plain	967	52	39	title: Exposure to Influenza Virus Aerosols in the Hospital Setting: Is Routine Patient Care an Aerosol Generating Procedure? As the authors note, current World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for protection of healthcare professionals from influenza virus infection rely on the supposition that, under routine conditions, most transmission occurs via large droplets, rather than via smallparticle aerosols [2, 3] . On each day, influenza virus RNA was detected in particles of respirable size, but a relationship to what we considered to be potential AGPs (mechanical ventilation, suctioning, extubation, and use of an incentive spirometer) was not evident. Indeed, potential respiratory exposures to healthcare professionals in the room appeared highest on hospital day 4, when the patient was breathing on his own and care was routine. This observation corroborates previous work [5] [6] [7] and raises the possibility that aerosol transmission of influenza virus may occur during routine patient care [8] .	./cache/cord-315346-ebfjba4y.txt	./txt/cord-315346-ebfjba4y.txt