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

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.027

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-103
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	114
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.027
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

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.

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

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

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Bak, A., Mugglestone, M. A., Ratnaraja, N. V., Wilson, J. A., Rivett, L., Stoneham, S. M., Bostock, J., Moses, S. E., Price, J. R., Weinbren, M., Loveday, H. P., Islam, J., & Wilson, A. P. R. (2021). 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. Journal of Hospital Infection, 114, 79-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.027

Bak, A. ; Mugglestone, M. A. ; Ratnaraja, N. V. et al. / 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. In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 2021 ; Vol. 114. pp. 79-103.

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Bak A, Mugglestone MA, Ratnaraja NV, Wilson JA, Rivett L, Stoneham SM et al. 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. Journal of Hospital Infection. 2021 Aug;114:79-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.027

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

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