Mar 10, 2020 2:16 PM
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MoralRectifier
FYI, COVID19 may also be airborne & not merely spread by droplet. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html
Hence cover your cough and sneeze.
HellooooNurse81
Airborne, droplet, and contact isolation is being used for Covid-19, whereas we only use droplet precautions for the flu. Very different
As an ICU nurse, that's not what it means. Droplet precautions are used for flu (if you sneeze or cough, droplets of mucous can travel 1)
6ft--- but they do land almost immediately on surfaces, including people near you). Airborne precautions are used for the measles, TB, 2)
and now for Covid-19. This means that when someone coughs, sneezes, or merely talks, the virus becomes suspended in the air for sometimes 3)
hours or longer. This is why the Measles, for example, is so easily transmitted. These are different methods of transmission that require 4)
MoralRectifier
FYI, COVID19 may also be airborne & not merely spread by droplet. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html
SurfHill
Hence cover your cough and sneeze.
HellooooNurse81
Airborne, droplet, and contact isolation is being used for Covid-19, whereas we only use droplet precautions for the flu. Very different
HellooooNurse81
As an ICU nurse, that's not what it means. Droplet precautions are used for flu (if you sneeze or cough, droplets of mucous can travel 1)
HellooooNurse81
6ft--- but they do land almost immediately on surfaces, including people near you). Airborne precautions are used for the measles, TB, 2)
HellooooNurse81
and now for Covid-19. This means that when someone coughs, sneezes, or merely talks, the virus becomes suspended in the air for sometimes 3)
HellooooNurse81
hours or longer. This is why the Measles, for example, is so easily transmitted. These are different methods of transmission that require 4)