Evidence Tables

Study Study Type Evidence Level Intervention Comparison Outcome measure Department of Health and Social Care. [...] Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in healthcare. 2019. [...] Study Study Type Evidence Level Intervention Comparison Outcome measure Department of Health and Social Care. [...] Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in healthcare. 2019. [...] Expert Opinion Level 4 N/A N/A N/AARHAI Scotland 44 Assessment of evidence Experts involved in this document were staff members from the CDC and HICPAC. [...] Study Study Type Evidence Level Intervention Comparison Outcome measure Department of Health and Social Care. [...] infective pulmonary or laryngeal TB.” Study Study Type Evidence Level Intervention Comparison Outcome measure Australian Government, National Health and Medical Research Council Australian guidelines for the prevention and control of infection in healthcare. 2019. [...] Assessment of evidence “Airborne Precautions Airborne Precautions are required when interacting with people known or suspected to have diseases spread by very small particles that can suspend in the air and can be inhaled into the lungs.” [NC] Study Study Type Evidence Level Intervention Comparison Outcome measure Association of periOperative registered nurses. Guideline Quick Vie [...] Expert Opinion Level 4 N/A N/A N/A Assessment of evidence “the airborne route (i.e., small particles or droplet nuclei < 5μm in size).” [NC]ARHAI Scotland 53 Study Study Type Evidence Level Intervention Comparison Outcome measure Public Health Agency of Canada Routine practices and additional precautions for preventing the transmission of infection in healthcare settings. [...] Expert Opinion Level 4 N/A N/A N/AARHAI Scotland 55 Study Study Type Evidence Level Intervention Comparison Outcome measure Date accessed: 7 November 2022 Assessment of evidence Airborne transmission: “The spread of an infectious agent caused by the dissemination of droplet nuclei that remain infectious when suspended in air over long distances and time”.