COVID-19 Resources

Aerosols in the era of COVID-19 – free resources from ISAM

ISAM is committed to support health care workers and scientists during these challenging times by providing free-to-access educational resources on aerosol-related issues in the era of COVID-19. These resources are accessible to all from the main ISAM webpage. Be well and stay healthy!

 

Reducing Aerosol-Related Risk of Transmission in the Era of COVID-19 an Interim  Guidance Endorsed by the International Society of Aerosols in Medicine

Based on many questions received about safety of medical aerosol with COVI-19, experts in the field have put together a short review to address how aerosol might be safely administered with minimal risk to health care providers. This review was published by the Journal of Aerosols Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery. Read the full text:

Reducing Aerosol-Related Risk of Transmission in the Era of COVID-19 (77 KB)

 

Urgent Appeal from International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM) During COVID-19

Posted June 30, 2020

Clinical Decision Makers and Governmental Agencies Should Consider the Inhaled Route of Administration: A Statement from the ISAM Regulatory and Standardization Issues Networking Group
This Letter to the Editor was published by the Journal of Aerosols Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery. Read the full text:

Urgent appeal from ISAM to consider the inhaled route (82 KB)

 

Breathing Is Enough: For the Spread of Influenza Virus and SARS-CoV-2 by Breathing Only

Posted June 30, 2020

A Letter to the Editor by Gerhard Scheuch published by the Journal of Aerosols Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery. Read the full text:

Breathing is Enough (72 KB)

 

Inhaled budesonide (glucocorticoid) appears to be an effective treatment for early COVID-19 infection

Posted April 12, 2021

Findings of the paper below require urgent validation and dissemination, especially in the setting of a treatment given early that is widely available and relatively safe. Read the full text of the paper published in 'The Lancet Respiratory Medicine' on April 8, 2021:

https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2213-2600(21)00160-0 

 

Previous COVID-19 Webinars

Aerosol-transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Simulation of virus exposure and aerosol behaviour in indoor environments

Presented on April 29, 2021

Presented by Dr. sc. nat. Michael Riediker, Director at Swiss Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (SCOEH), CH-8404 Winterthur, Switzerland

2021 SARS-COV-2 Aerosol Transmission Michael Riediker (4951 KB)

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Breathing Is Enough: For the Spread of Influenza Virus and SARS-CoV-2 by Breathing Only

Presented on July 20, 2020

Presented by Dr. Gerhard Scheuch, CEO of GS-Bio-Inhalation

2020 July 20 Webinar (2611 KB)

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Face mask and respirator effectiveness: Limiting exposures to airborne pathogens during COVID-19 and beyond"

Presented on Monday, June 1, 2020

Co-Presented by Conor Ruzycki, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, and Phillip Clapp, PhD,Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

June 2020 ISAM Webinar Slides (113210 KB)

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Evidence based recommendations on preventing nosocomial transmission for clinicians while taking care for coronavirus infected patients

Presented by Jie Li, PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS

Associate Professor, Clinical Education Coordinator

Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences-Division of Respiratory Care, Rush University

2020 COVID-19 Presentation Slides (5725 KB)

2020 July 20 Webinar (2611 KB)

Reducing Aerosol-Related Risk of Transmission in the Era of COVID-19 (209 KB)

View the presentation on YouTube