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Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses (science.org)

A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality

Breath-, air- and surface-borne SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals

Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Epidemiologic Evidence for Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Church Singing, Australia

Evidence of Long-Distance Droplet Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by Direct Air Flow in a Restaurant in Korea

Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity

How Did We Get Here: What Are Droplets and Aerosols and How Far Do They Go? A Historical Perspective on the Transmission of Respiratory Infectious Diseases

SARS-CoV-2 disease severity and transmission efficiency is increased for airborne compared to fomite exposure in Syrian hamsters

Science Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Surface (Fomite) Transmission for Indoor Community Environments

Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

The airborne contagiousness of respiratory viruses: A comparative analysis and implications for mitigation

Close proximity risk assessment for SARS-CoV-2 infection

Exhaled CO2 as a COVID-19 Infection Risk Proxy for Different Indoor Environments and Activities

University of Colorado Boulder, COVID-19 Airborne Transmission Tool

Practical indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks 

AIOH Buying Guide for P2 Respirators (Australia & NZ), August 2020

Comparing the quantitative fit-testing results of half-mask respirators with various skin barriers in a crossover study design: a pilot study

Fit Testing Disposable P2/N95 Respirators during COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: Fit Check Evaluation, Failure Rates, and a Survey of Healthcare Workers

Pass rate of the BSN Medical ProShield® N95 filtering facepiece using quantitative fit testing in frontline anaesthetists and anaesthesia nurses working on a COVID-19 airway team

Respirator fit-testing: busting the myths

Testing the Proper Fit Of Respirator Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The pragmatic use of industrial elastomeric facemasks in health care practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

AIHA Reducing the Risk of COVID-19 Using Engineering Controls, August 2020

Efficacy of Portable Air Cleaners and Masking for Reducing Indoor Exposure to Simulated Exhaled SARS-CoV-2 Aerosols

Experimental investigation of indoor aerosol dispersion and accumulation in the context of COVID-19: Effects of masks and ventilation

Guide to air cleaner purchasing

Open Letter to address the use of Electronic Air Cleaning Equipment in Buildings

Use of portable air cleaners to reduce aerosol transmission on a hospital coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ward

Testing mobile air purifiers in a school classroom: Reducing the airborne transmission risk for SARS-CoV-2

How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?

Mask use, risk-mitigation behaviours and pandemic fatigue during the COVID-19 pandemic in five cities in Australia, the UK and USA: A cross-sectional survey

Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) transmission in residential aged care using ultraviolet light (PETRA): a two-arm crossover randomised controlled trial protocol

The effect of respiratory activity, non-invasive respiratory support and facemasks on aerosol generation and its relevance to COVID-19

Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions Potential Implications for Reducing Transmission of COVID-19

ACGIH White Paper on Ventilation for Industrial Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic, August 2020

ASHRAE Guidance for Building Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, May 2020

ASHRAE Position Document on Filtration and Air Cleaning January 2018

CDC Ventilation in Buildings, June 2021

CDC Improving Ventilation in Your Home, June 2021

CIBSE COVID-19 Ventilation, July 2021

HSE UK Ventilation and air conditioning during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health School Ventilation: A Vital Tool to Reduce COVID-19 Spread, May 2021

NCCEH Indoor CO2 Sensors for COVID-19 Risk Mitigation: Current Guidance and Limitations, May 2021

OzSAGE Safe Indoor Air (Ventilation), September 2021

REHVA COVID-19 Guidance How to operate HVAC and other building service systems to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) in workplaces, April 2021

REHVA COVID-19 Multi-room and Recirculation Calculator

Environmental Modelling Group (EMG) and Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B): Application of CO2 monitoring as an approach to managing ventilation to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission May 2021

Construction

Victorian Building Authority VBA guideline for contractors and trades managing their risk of exposure to Coronavirus (COVID-19), 2020

Healthcare

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care NSQHS May 2021

COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce, Australian Guidelines for SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control of COVID-19 in healthcare workers June 2021

Respirators, face masks, and their risk reductions via multiple transmission routes for first responders within an ambulance

Estimating the burden of COVID-19 on the Australian healthcare workers and health system during the first six months of the pandemic

Hearing the voices of Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Preparing for a COVID-19 pandemic: a review of operating room outbreak response measures in a large tertiary hospital in Singapore

Schools

AIRAH COVID-19 Guidance for School Buildings advice document and infographic

Association Between K–12 School Mask Policies and School-Associated COVID-19 Outbreaks — Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, July–August 2021

CDC Ventilation in Schools and Childcare programs, February 2021

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 5-step guide to checking ventilation rates in classrooms, August 2020

Mask Use and Ventilation Improvements to Reduce COVID-19 Incidence in Elementary Schools — Georgia, November 16–December 11, 2020

Pediatric COVID-19 Cases in Counties With and Without School Mask Requirements — United States, July 1–September 4, 2021

Ventilation procedures to minimize the airborne transmission of viruses in classrooms

AIHRA Guidance Document for Primary and Secondary Schools COVID-19 Ventilation Optimisation, November 2021

Transport

Community Outbreak Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Bus Riders in Eastern China

Tracing surface and airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains

Choir

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event

Gyms

Ventilation and air cleaning to limit aerosol particle concentrations in a gym during the COVID-19 pandemic

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