P139 Are wind instrument musicians at a greater risk of developing a chest infection when compared to the general UK population?

Drover, H; Douglas, Eleanor; Harvey-Dunstan, TC; Gates, Simon; Hyndes, K

doi:10.1136/thorax-2019-btsabstracts2019.282

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“…And similar findings have also been reported by Glass et al [25]. More recently, Holly Drover has conducted a study at the University of Nottingham, where she found that for members of the university's orchestra, who played wind instruments, there was an incidence of 62 chest infections per 1,000 people per year; this compares to 49-54 per 1,000 within the general population [26].…”

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"Contaminated Musical Wind Instruments as a Vector for Disease Transmission"

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2022

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Contemporary medical industry standards in healthcare settings mandate that an instrument is not placed in contact with the mucosal tissue of two different patients without intervening sterilization of the instrument. Yet it is a routine practice, especially in school settings, for different students to play the same wind musical instruments without sterilization even though these instruments may have been in contact with the mucosal tissue of multiple persons. Multiple laboratory-based microbiological experiments designed to investigate issues concerning bacterial existence and survival on musical wind instruments were conducted. Bacterial growth and survival on musical wind instruments were demonstrated, establishing the viability of pathogenic bacteria on musical wind instruments and their mouthpieces. These findings suggest that standard infection control procedures ought to be applied to the practice of sharing musical wind instruments to reduce the risk of spreading infections between users.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 69%

"Contaminated Musical Wind Instruments as a Vector for Disease Transmission"

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2022

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P139 Are wind instrument musicians at a greater risk of developing a chest infection when compared to the general UK population?

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"Contaminated Musical Wind Instruments as a Vector for Disease Transmission"

"Contaminated Musical Wind Instruments as a Vector for Disease Transmission"

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