Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cadnum, Jennifer L.
• Jencson, Annette L.
• Donskey, Curtis J.

Titel

Do plexiglass barriers reduce the risk for transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)?

Ist Teil von

• Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2023-06, Vol.44 (6), p.1010-1013

Ort / Verlag

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Barriers are commonly installed in workplace situations where physical distancing cannot be maintained, but their effectiveness in decreasing viral transmission is unknown. In simulations, physical barriers with no openings were effective in reducing contamination with an aerosolized benign virus or fluorescent microspheres, but barriers with openings were not.