Analysis of Infection Transmission Routes through Exhaled Breath and Cough Particle Dispersion in a General Hospital
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dc.contributor.author | Jung, Minji | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chung, Woong June | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sung, Minki | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jo, Seongmin | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hong, Jinkwan | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-12T06:40:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-12T06:40:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1660-4601 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/83925 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Identifying infection transmission routes in hospitals may prevent the spread of respiratory viruses and mass infections. Most previous related research focused on the air movement of passive tracers, which typically represent breathing. In this study, particle evaporation and dispersions with various particle sizes were applied to evaluate particle movement because of breathing and coughing using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. Pyeongtaek St. Mary Hospital, where a Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) index patient infected several patients on the same floor, was used for a case study. We compared the dispersion characteristics of various particle sizes and validated results by comparing infection rates in different ward. Results indicated that droplets spread across the corridor and dispersed to wards that were more than 17 m apart from the index patient by natural ventilation. Droplets from exhaled breath under steady-state simulation showed a wider range of dispersion than cough droplets under transient simulation, but cough droplet dispersion was more consistent with the actual infection rate in each ward. Cough droplets sized under 75 mu m evaporated to 26% of the initial size and started to disperse into the corridor within one minute; in nine minutes, droplets dispersed throughout every ward. This study may increase awareness on the dispersion characteristics of infectious particles. | - |
dc.language | 영어 | - |
dc.language.iso | ENG | - |
dc.publisher | MDPI | - |
dc.title | Analysis of Infection Transmission Routes through Exhaled Breath and Cough Particle Dispersion in a General Hospital | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000769158900001 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph19052512 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, v.19, no.5 | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | N | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85125040131 | - |
dc.citation.title | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | - |
dc.citation.volume | 19 | - |
dc.citation.number | 5 | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.publisher.location | 스위스 | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | transmission routes | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | evaporation | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | computational fluid dynamics | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | Middle East respiratory syndrome | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | cough droplets | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | AIRBORNE INFECTION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | SARS TRANSMISSION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | AIR-DISTRIBUTION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | DROPLETS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | EVAPORATION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | CFD | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Environmental Sciences & Ecology | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Environmental Sciences | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scie | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | ssci | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scopus | - |
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