• The airborne spread of infectious agents: survival and decontamination of human pathogens in indoor air

      Date: May 18th, 2017

      Time: 10:30 am PST

      Speaker: Prof. Syed A. Sattar, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine

      Objectives:

      • Identify increasing recognition of the potential of indoor air in the spread of a variety of human pathogens
      • Describe the reasons why air can disseminate pathogens in indoor settings rapidly and effectively
      • Identify difficulties in recovering infectious agents from air in general
      • Describe obstacles in establishing firm links between exposure to contaminated air and acquisition of infections
      • Assess technologies claiming microbial decontamination of indoor air
      • Describe future approaches to reducing risks from airborne pathogens

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