Link Between Short-Term Pollution Exposure and Longer COVID Hospital Stays - Update by Camfil Clean Air Solutions
Air pollution professionals from global air filtration company Camfil explain the results of the recent study and its implications for public health in the United States.
Researchers have established several potential effects of air pollution on COVID-19 outcomes, including worsening outcomes for patients and speeding up the mutation of the pathogen. A new study published in the European Respiratory Journal has shown that short-term exposure to air pollution is correlated with the length of hospital stays in cases of COVID-19.
In a new online resource, air pollution professionals from global air filtration company Camfil explain the results of the recent study and its implications for public health in the United States.
“Long-term exposure to certain pollutants was associated with an increased risk of being admitted to an intensive care unit, but exposure the week before hospital admission led to an average of a four-day increase in hospital stay.” says Mark Davidson, Manager of Marketing and Technical Materials at Camfil USA, “Notably, this was approximately equivalent to the effect of a ten-year increase in age.”
The resource covers the following topics:
What is the relationship between air quality and COVID-19?
How does air pollution affect COVID-19 outcome for patients?
Which pollutants affect COVID-19 hospital stays?
What potential reasons could there be for the effects of air pollution on the length of hospital stay?
How can air purifiers reduce pollution exposure and prevent the spread of COVID-19?
Read more about the study that linked air pollution to longer hospital stays here.
About Camfil Clean Air Solutions
For more than half a century, Camfil has been helping people breathe cleaner air. As a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions, we provide commercial and industrial systems for air filtration and air pollution control that improve worker and equipment productivity, minimize energy use, and benefit human health and the environment. We firmly believe that the best solutions for our customers are the best solutions for our planet, too. That’s why every step of the way – from design to delivery and across the product life cycle – we consider the impact of what we do on people and on the world around us. Through a fresh approach to problem-solving, innovative design, precise process control, and a strong customer focus we aim to conserve more, use less and find better ways – so we can all breathe easier.
The Camfil Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has 30 manufacturing sites, six R&D centers, local sales offices in 35+ countries, and about 5,600 employees and growing. We proudly serve and support customers in a wide variety of industries and in communities across the world. To discover how Camfil USA can help you to protect people, processes and the environment, visit us at www.camfil.us/
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