Environmental Safety Management Corporation, Riverside, NJ.
California Association of Health Facilities, Sacramento, CA; American Healthcare Association, Washington, DC.
J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Jul;21(7):893-894. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.001. Epub 2020 Apr 10.
The potential for spread of COVID-19 infections in skilled nursing facilities and other long-term care sites poses new challenges for nursing home administrators to protect patients and staff. It is anticipated that as acute care hospitals reach capacity, nursing homes may retain COVID-19 infected residents longer prior to transferring to an acute care hospital. This article outlines 5 pragmatic steps that long-term care facilities can take to manage airflow within resident rooms to reduce the potential for spread of infectious airborne droplets into surrounding areas, including hallways and adjacent rooms, using strategies adapted from negative-pressure isolation rooms in acute care facilities.
在熟练护理设施和其他长期护理场所中 COVID-19 感染传播的可能性给养老院管理人员带来了新的挑战，需要他们保护患者和员工。预计随着急症医院达到容量极限，养老院可能会在将 COVID-19 感染居民转移到急症医院之前让他们在养老院中多停留一段时间。本文概述了长期护理设施可以采取的 5 个切实可行的步骤，通过使用从急症护理设施负压隔离室中采用的策略，来管理居民房间内的气流，以减少感染性空气飞沫传播到周围区域（包括走廊和相邻房间）的可能性。
