Stephanie Duda's research while affiliated with McMaster University and other places
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Publications (5)
The rapidly unfolding Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and an ever-increasing volume of relevant literature presents considerable strain for decision makers. Those decision makers are interested in information not only about benefits and harms of interventions but also contextual information such as people’s values and preferences, c...
Background
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-19 and is spread person-to-person through close contact. We aimed to investigate the effects of physical distance, face masks, and eye protection on virus transmission in health-care and non-health-care (eg, community) settings.
Methods
We did a systematic review...
Introduction
Proper strategies to minimise the risk of infection in individuals handling the bodies of deceased persons infected with 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) are urgently needed. The objective of this study was to systematically review the literature to scope and assess the effects of specific strategies for the management of the bodies....
Citations
... Chu and colleagues found by meta-analysis, that wearing face masks protected HCW (and population) against infection with SARS-CoV-2. Further protection could be achieved by using eye protection(71). ...
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... Another important limitation is that transthoracic (TTE) rather than transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was used, knowing that the latter may outperform TTE for some explorations [33]. The choice of routine TTE was imposed by the fear of specific contamination risks associated with esophageal intubation [34] and by the constraints related to probe sterilization in the context of pandemics. Whether the routine use of TEE may have a similar safety warrants further research. ...
... Since the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the WHO, the number of infections and related deaths has increased worldwide exponentially [19]. This has highlighted the importance of implementing shared guidelines for the management of COVID-19-positive and potentially infectious corpses [20,21]. Due to the huge amount of COVID-19 related-deaths, autopsies and confirmatory analyses could not be performed in all suspected cases immediately, therefore the scientific community has raised the question of whether confirmatory analyses could be performed on exhumed bodies after a long period of burial [22]. ...
... Data emerging from systematic review and meta-analysis have demonstrated lower risk of infection for physical distancing of 1 m as was with the use of face masks. Added benefits are likely with physical distances of ≥2 m based on modeling by meta-regression analysis 9 . Such studies could also encourage better adherence to the use of face masks and respirators in public and health-care settings. ...
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