With airborne pathogens a persistent threat, hand hygiene and surface cleaning alone won’t suffice.

Aerosol transmission isn’t just driving the Covid pandemic. It’s also how a myriad of other pathogens — MRSA, C. difficile, A. baumannii, M. tuberculosis — spread through hospitals and nursing homes, threatening lives, facility revenue, and public confidence. The next pandemic, too, is likely to be sparked by an airborne pathogen.