Negative-Pressure Aerosol Cover for COVID-19 Tracheostomy

J Tyler Bertroche; Patrik Pipkorn; Paul Zolkind; Craig A Buchman; Jose P Zevallos

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.1081

Negative-Pressure Aerosol Cover for COVID-19 Tracheostomy

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jul 1;146(7):672-674. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.1081.

Authors

J Tyler Bertroche¹, Patrik Pipkorn¹, Paul Zolkind¹, Craig A Buchman¹, Jose P Zevallos¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.

Abstract

This quality improvement study evaluates the use of a novel negative-pressure aerosol reduction cover for use during tracheostomy in a patient with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aerosols / administration & dosage*
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Humans
Intraoperative Period
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Pressure
Quality Improvement*
SARS-CoV-2
Tracheostomy / methods*

Substances

Aerosols