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15 - General Engineering
Imperial College London
Evaluation of droplet dispersion during non-invasive ventilation, oxygen therapy, nebuliser treatment and chest physiotherapy in clinical practice: implications for management of pandemic influenza and other airborne infections.
This is the first study to examine droplet size and spread for patients undergoing oxygen therapy. The study was performed for the Health Technology Assessment programme of the National Institute of Health Research as part of the Department of Health’s response to the H1N1 swine flu pandemic (NIHR HTA Pandemic Influenza grant 09/84/06.- £40k). By showing that aerosols are only generated by nebuliser therapies - with the other therapies, a substantial fraction of particles are large and do not travel more than 1 meter - this study has enabled the framing of guidance for nursing such patients.