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by narak 2267 days ago
CPAPs aerosolize on exhale, they aren't closed loop like hospital ventilators. It's not about cleaning just the machine but decontaminating the whole room.
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Is it not possible to route the exhaust through a filter? If a couple millimeters of masks can stop it surely a canister style filter would more than do th job.
Would treatment in a tent outside be better than nothing?
I can see some pretty easy hacks for dealing with that. Putting a hose on the outlet and filtering with electret material or UVC. Healthcare in the US is regulated to the nth degree, but at this point it seems that a slightly imperfect solution is better than nothing, and testing a solution like this for viability should be easy in any hospital that can test for COVID-19.