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A “Safety Cap” for Improving Hospital Sanitation and Reducing Potential Disease Transmission by Lilong Liu; Yan Deng; Shouli Xia; Zengpeng Sun; Zhipeng Zhu; Weiyi Chen; Dongdong Xiao; Weiyong Sheng; Ke Chen is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background During endotracheal intubation, extubation, tracheotomy, and tracheotomy tube replacement, the splashed airway secretions of patients will increase the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV‐2 and many other potential viral and bacterial diseases, such as influenza virus, adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, Middle East respiratory coronavirus syndrome (MERS-CoV), __Streptococcus pneumoniae__, and __Mycobacterium tuberculosis__. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a barrier between patients and medical workers to reduce the risk of operators’ infection with potentially pathogenic microorganisms. ## Methods We designed a “safety cap” that can be connected to the opening of an endotracheal tube or tracheotomy tube to reduce the diffusion area of respiratory secretions during the process of endotracheal intubation, extubation and tracheotomy tube replace, so as to reduce the infection risk of medical workers. ## Results Through a series of hydrodynamic simulation analysis and experiments, we demonstrated that the use of “safety cap” can substantially limit the spatter of airway secretions, so as to improve the hospital sanitation. ## Conclusion

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Author

Lilong Liu; Yan Deng; Shouli Xia; Zengpeng Sun; Zhipeng Zhu; Weiyi Chen; Dongdong Xiao; Weiyong Sheng; Ke Chen

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)