Control measure implications of COVID-19 infection in healthcare facilities reconsidered from human physiological and engineering aspects.

ABSTRACT: The Wells-Riley model invokes human physiological and engineering parameters to successfully treat airborne transmission of infectious diseases. Applications of this model would have high potentiality on evaluating policy actions and interventions intended to improve public safety efforts on preventing the spread of COVID-19 in an enclosed space. Here, we constructed the interaction relationships among basic reproduction number (R₀) - exposure time - indoor population number by using the Wells-Riley model to provide a robust means to assist in planning containment efforts. We quantified SARS-CoV-2 changes in a case study of two Wuhan (Fangcang and Renmin) hospitals. We conducted similar approach to develop control measures in various hospital functional units by taking all accou

SUBMITTER: Yang YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772602 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature