Droplet and bone dust contamination from high‐speed drilling during mastoidectomy

• Published in: Clinical otolaryngology Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 614 - 618
• Main Authors: Markey, Anne L., Leong, Samuel C., Vaughan, Casey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Adequacy; aerosol generating procedure; Bone surgery; Burrs; Contamination; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - transmission; COVID‐19; Diamond drills; Diamond machining; Drilling; droplet contamination; Droplets; Dust; Goggles; Humans; Infection Control; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control; Lavage; Mastoidectomy; Models, Anatomic; Pandemics; Personal Protective Equipment; PPE; Protective equipment; Suction; Surgeons; Surgery; Temporal bone; Therapeutic Irrigation; COVID-19; aerosol generating procedure; droplet contamination; PPE; mastoidectomy

Objectives The aim of this study was to examine contamination from otolaryngologic procedures involving high‐speed drilling, specifically mastoid surgery, and to assess the adequacy of PPE in such procedures. Design and Setting Mastoid surgery was simulated in a dry laboratory using a plastic tempor...