Portable air filters don't cut infection rates in care homes, study finds

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Portable air filters made no difference to rates of respiratory and other infections in older people's long-term care facilities, a University of Bristol–led trial published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found.

The study's authors advise long-term care facilities to continue with standard infection-control measures, including vaccines.

A related paper is published in PLOS One. ...

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