Hospital staff infected with coronavirus in air released from ventilator
After the investigation, the hospital decided to place a limit of six patients on Vapotherm ventilators in each ward. Vapotherm ventilators are devices that use a nasal cannula with high pressure air flow instead of a mask or invasive tube. The ventilators will also be placed under air vents in order to reduce the amount of aerosol in the air.
The infection in coronavirus wards of medical staff, who are equipped with maximal personal protective equipment (PPE), is considered a rare occurrence. In the first wave, only a few isolated cases of medical staff who were infected with the virus were those working in coronavirus wards, according to Israel Hayom, while most who were infected were infected in other wards, by family members or at social events....