id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-313636-kcjnjq52 Kusunose, Kenya Identifying the extent of oral fluid droplets on echocardiographic machine consoles in COVID-19 era 2020-09-18 .txt text/plain 1018 60 55 title: Identifying the extent of oral fluid droplets on echocardiographic machine consoles in COVID-19 era The aim of this study was to identify the extent of oral fluid droplet spread on echocardiographic machine consoles, after observers were speaking in English or Japanese. Two observers without surgical masks repeated the words "inhale, exhale, hold" (the words often used during examinations) in English and Japanese, in front of echocardiographic machine (EUB-7500, Hitachi Medical Corporation, Japan) after ingesting the liquid with volunteers lying on your left side echocardiography. It was also important that no droplets were detected on the console when surgical masks were worn in this setting, although it is unlikely that examinations would be performed with either the sonographer/cardiologist scanning or the patient not wearing a mask in the current COVID era. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report to assess the spread of the droplets generated by speech on the surface of an echocardiographic machine using visualized methods. ./cache/cord-313636-kcjnjq52.txt ./txt/cord-313636-kcjnjq52.txt