Dec 22, 2020
Airborne Contaminants:Preventing Infections From Fans Used in the Home
Home care and hospice clinicians often encounter patients who use fans in their homes to either provide a breeze to cool themselves, make "white noise" to help them sleep, or give comfort when experiencing respiratory distress or "terminal air hunger." In the home, fans can be suspended from a ceiling to circulate the air throughout a room, but not move it in any particular direction (i.e., ceiling fan), or placed next to the patient on a bedside table, in a window opening, or on a stand or tower to move air directly toward the patient.
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