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  2. Airborne transmission - Wikipedia

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    Infected people generate larger droplets and aerosols which can infect over longer distances. A poster outlining precautions for airborne transmission in healthcare settings. It is intended to be posted outside rooms of patients with an infection that can spread through airborne transmission. [1]

  3. Respiratory droplet - Wikipedia

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    A respiratory droplet is a small aqueous droplet produced by exhalation, consisting of saliva or mucus and other matter derived from respiratory tract surfaces. Respiratory droplets are produced naturally as a result of breathing, speaking, sneezing, coughing, or vomiting, so they are always present in our breath, but speaking and coughing ...

  4. Source control (respiratory disease) - Wikipedia

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    Infections in general may spread by direct contact (for example, shaking hands or kissing), by inhaling infectious droplets in the air (droplet transmission), by inhaling long-lasting aerosols with tiny particles (airborne transmission), and by touching objects with infectious material on their surfaces . Different diseases spread in different ...

  5. Common cold - Wikipedia

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    In the healthcare environment, gowns and disposable gloves are also used. [10] Droplet precautions cannot reliably protect against inhalation of common-cold-laden aerosols. Instead, airborne precautions such as respirators , ventilation , and HEPA / high MERV filters, are the only reliable protection against cold-laden aerosols. [ 38 ]

  6. Pathogen transmission - Wikipedia

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    Public health staff relies on health care workers and microbiology laboratories to report cases of reportable diseases to them. The analysis of aggregate data can show the spread of a disease and is at the core of the specialty of epidemiology. To understand the spread of the vast majority of non-notifiable diseases, data either need to be ...

  7. The Sneaky Sign of Inflammation You Shouldn't Ignore - AOL

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    Research has shown that the presence of certain inflammatory blood markers is associated with muscle breakdown and/or problems with how muscles use energy. However, scientists aren’t entirely ...

  8. Transmission-based precautions - Wikipedia

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    Transmission-based precautions are infection-control precautions in health care, in addition to the so-called "standard precautions". They are the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens, which require additional control ...

  9. 11-Year-Old's Brain Tumor Discovered After Roller Coaster ...

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    Related: 8-Year-Old Boy's Dream of Skydiving Finally Comes True After Lazy Eye Led to Terminal Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive) Campbell was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor that ...