nebulizers

so during covid times, for some time our hospital had converted from using nebulizers regularly to using MDIs and/or nebs on pts ok closed circuit devices such as NIPPV (bipap) or ventilators for covid positive patients and non-covid patients just bc of this risk of aerosolization Although omicron is certainly surging and a risk, ive had a few pts come in for copd exacerbations, COVID negative, and some of our RTs are still very much afraid of dispensing nebulizers out of fear of... Read more
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