What The Viewpoint Says: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has brought renewed urgency to the question of what constitutes an aerosol-generating procedure. Four factors that explain transmission risk during aerosol-generating medical procedures are discussed in this article.
Authors: Michael Klompas, M.D., M.P.H., of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.6643)
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