• Adv Respir Med · Jan 2020

    Three-chamber chest drain system in the COVID-19 era: is there a risk of further transmission?

    • Fabio Davoli, Venerino Poletti, and Franco Stella.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Santa Maria delle Croci Teaching Hospital of Ravenna, AUSL Romagna, Ravenna, Italy. fabio.davoli78@gmail.com.
    • Adv Respir Med. 2020 Jan 1; 88 (4): 366-368.

    AbstractWe discuss the hypothesis that common Chest Drain Systems collected to a COVID-19 patient, could be a possible source of contamination for health care staff in a Thoracic Surgery ward and we propose an alternative way to minimize this further risk of transmission.

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