Impacts of indoor masks wearing on air contamination during 10-minute speaking in patients with SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant infection
In 10-minute speaking, N95 respirators significantly decreased SARS-CoV-2 emissions compared with no-mask wearing. However, SARS-CoV-2 was detected in the air even when wearing N95 and surgical masks in patients with high viral loads. Therefore, universal masking of infected and uninfected persons is important for preventing COVID-19 transmission via the air.
Authors
- Joung Ha Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0480-3903)
- So Yeon Yun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9271-2950)
- Ji Yeun Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6955-6427)
- Se Yoon Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4538-7371)
- Minki Sung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8915-2710)
- Jin-Won Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4811-6056)
- Seongman Bae (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6375-3657)
- Sung‐Han Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6596-8253)
- Min‐Chul Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-5608)
Institutions
- Ulsan College (KR)
- Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul (KR)
- Asan Medical Center (KR)
- Sejong University (KR)
- University of Ulsan (KR)
- Hanyang University Seoul Hospital (KR)
- Chung-Ang University Hospital (KR)
- Chung-Ang University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.139
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Cambridge