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Real-world data show that filters clean COVID-causing virus from air

An inexpensive type of portable filter efficiently screened SARS-CoV-2 and other disease-causing organisms from hospital air.
  1. Tosin Thompson
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Research at a hospital swamped by people with COVID-19 has confirmed that portable air filters effectively remove SARS-CoV-2 particles from the air — the first such evidence in a real-world setting1. The results suggest that air filters could be used to reduce the risk of patients and medical staff contracting SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals, the study’s authors say.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02669-2

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  1. Conway-Morris, A. et al. Preprint at medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.16.21263684 (2021).

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