SARS-CoV-2 routes of transmission and recommendations for preventing acquisition: joint British Infection Association (BIA), Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), Infection Prevention Society (IPS) and Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) guidance

A. Bak*, M. A. Mugglestone, N. V. Ratnaraja, J. A. Wilson, L. Rivett, S. M. Stoneham, J. Bostock, S. E. Moses, J. R. Price, M. Weinbren, H. P. Loveday, J. Islam, A. P.R. Wilson

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-103
Number of pages25
JournalJournal of Hospital Infection
Volume114
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support from their employing institutions, which allowed time required for producing this guidance. We thank the National Institute for Health Research, University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, which partly supported Professor Peter Wilson's involvement in this guidance. We would also like to thank Aye Thar Aye and Bin Gao, who on behalf of HIS Guidelines Committee reviewed this document.

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • aerosol transmission
  • droplet transmission
  • guidelines
  • infection prevention
  • infectious disease transmission
  • infectious diseases

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