BACKGROUND In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new evidence-based strategies have emerged for reducing transmission of respiratory infections through management of indoor air. OBJECTIVES This paper reviews critical advances that could reduce the burden of disease from inhaled pathogens and describes challenges in their implementation. DISCUSSION Proven strategies include assuring sufficient ventilation, air cleaning by filtration, and air disinfection by germicidal ultraviolet (UV) light. Layered intervention strategies are needed to maximize risk reduction. Case studies demonstrate how to implement these tools while also revealing barriers to implementation. Future needs include standards designed with infection resilience and equity in mind, buildings optimized for infection resilience among other drivers, new approaches and technologies to improve ventilation, scientific consensus on the amount of ventilation needed to achieve a desired level of risk, methods for evaluating new air-cleaning technologies, studies of their long-term health effects, workforce training on ventilation systems, easier access to federal funds, demonstration projects in schools, and communication with the public about the importance of indoor air quality and actions people can take to improve it. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13878.

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减少空气传播呼吸道病原体的传播：随着 COVID-19 紧急情况的结束，一个新的开始。


背景技术为了应对 COVID-19 大流行，出现了新的循证策略，通过室内空气管理来减少呼吸道感染的传播。目标 本文回顾了可以减轻吸入病原体疾病负担的关键进展，并描述了其实施中的挑战。讨论 经过验证的策略包括确保足够的通风、通过过滤清洁空气以及通过杀菌紫外线 (UV) 进行空气消毒。需要分层干预策略来最大限度地降低风险。案例研究展示了如何实施这些工具，同时也揭示了实施的障碍。未来的需求包括考虑感染恢复力和公平性的标准设计、针对感染恢复力等其他驱动因素进行优化的建筑物、改善通风的新方法和技术、对达到所需风险水平所需的通风量的科学共识、评估新方法和技术的方法。空气净化技术、对其长期健康影响的研究、通风系统的劳动力培训、更容易获得联邦资金、学校示范项目以及与公众沟通室内空气质量的重要性以及人们可以采取的改善行动它。 https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP13878。