***CDC definition of HCP, "health care personnel" - all persons in healthcare setting with potential for direct or indirect exposure to patients or infectious materials including body substances contaminated medical supplies, devices, and equipment contaminated environmental surfaces or contaminated air.īourouiba L. E.g., N95 masks have APF of 10, meaning there are 1/10th the number of particles inside the mask than outside. **APF - established by OSHA refers to factor by which mask reduces aerosol concentration. *CDC specifies AGPs, "aerosol-generating procedures," as procedures likely to induce coughing (e.g., sputum induction, open suctioning of airways) and provides specific recommendations - see N95 Respirators (HEPA or High-Efficiency-Particulate-Air Filter Respirators) as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (emerged in 2002) It is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the genus Betacoronavirus (ß-coronavirus) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2Ģ019 novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV (Lai, Shih 2020) National Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthĪ federal agency designed to prevent worker illness Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (emerged in 2012) High Efficiency Particulate Air Filter Respirators * Updated interpretation see ref (Bourouiba 2020)Īirborne Infection Isolation Room (formerly known as negative pressure isolation room)Īir-Purifying Respirator (particulate respirators, gas masks)Ĭorona Virus Disease 2019 caused by SARS-CoV-2įiltering Facepiece Respirator ( includes N95 masks) Please utilize the table below to supplement the information provided on COVID-19-related protocols: UIHC Otolaryngology COVID Resource Links Terminology and Abbreviations See: UIHC Otolaryngology COVID19 Resource Links N95 Respirators (HEPA or High-Efficiency-Particulate-Air Filter Respirators) as Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)