Exhaled gases and the potential of cross infection of non-invasive ventilation machines
- Benjamin Messer1⇑,
- Alison Dawn Armstrong1,
- Nicholas David Lane1,2,
- Ali Robb3 and
- Robert Edward Bullock1
- 1The North East Assisted Ventilation Service, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- 2Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- 3Newcastle Microbiology and Virology Services, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Corresponding Author: B Messer (ben.messer{at}nhs.net)
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Conflict of interest: Dr. Messer reports personal fees from Fisher and Paykel, outside the submitted work;.
Conflict of interest: Alison Armstrong reports personal fees from Fisher & Paykel, grants from Breas, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Lane reports grants from The ResMed Foundation, grants from Bright Northumbria, non-financial support from Chiesi, outside the submitted work.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Robb has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Dr. Bullock has nothing to disclose.
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- Received February 26, 2022.
- Accepted April 5, 2022.
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