10 BACTERIAL/VIRAL FILTERS IN PULMONARY FUNCTION DEPARTMENTS

equipment, and possibly by aerosol droplet formation. Patients performing pulmonary function tests may generate flows (peak expiratory flows) as high as 12 L·s-1 (720 L·min-1). Infective droplets may be expelled during these forced expirations, which could contaminate the pulmonary function equipment. A subsequent patient carrying out the same ................
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