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Table 2 Risk factors for transmission of airborne pathogens

From: Re-evaluating our language when reducing risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to healthcare workers: Time to rethink the term, “aerosol-generating procedures”

Patient infectivity

Nature of pathogen

Probability of infection

Time course of infection

Infective airborne particle generation

Cough

Tachypnoea

Exposure

Physical proximity to patient

Temporal proximity to patient

Duration of exposure

Ventilation

Personal protective equipment

Practitioner vulnerability

Age

Co-morbidities

Vaccination status

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Virology Journal

ISSN: 1743-422X