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Respirators and Surgical Masks Artefacts on Phantom using Magnetic Resonance Imaging during COVID-19: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: It is suitable for a patient to wear a respirator or face mask during any radiological investigation during Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic.
Shashi Kumar Shetty, MM Jaseemudheen, U Raghuraj, R Kayalvizhi   +3 more
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Plasmonic and Superhydrophobic Self-Decontaminating N95 Respirators [PDF]

ACS Nano, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is endangering the world due to the spread of respiration droplets with viruses. Medical workers and frontline staff need to wear respirators to protect themselves from breathing in the virus-containing respiration droplets.
Zhong, Hong, Zhu, Zhaoran, You, Peng, Lin, Jing, Cheung, Chi Fai, Lu, Vivien L., Yan, Feng, Chan, Ching-Yuen, Li, Guijun   +8 more
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N95 Respirator Cleaning and Reuse Methods Proposed by the Inventor of the N95 Mask Material [PDF]

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
There is currently a global shortage of N95 respirators. Many health care workers (HCWs) on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19 are scrambling to resupply or are currently reusing N95, surgical, and homemade masks. I propose methods to clean and reuse N95 masks at little or no cost. N95 masks can be rotated every 3–4 days, heated for 60 min,
Juang, Pascal S.C., Tsai, Peter
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Disinfection of N95 Respirators with Ozone [PDF]

, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 crisis is creating a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), most critically, N95 respirators for healthcare personnel. Our group was interested in the feasibility of ozone disinfection of N95 respirators as an alternative for healthcare professionals and organizations that might not have access to other ...
Manning, Edward P, Stephens, Matthew D, Patel, Sannel, Dufresne, Sylvie, Silver, Bruce, Gerbarg, Patricia, Gerbarg, Zach, Dela Cruz, Charles, Sharma, Lokesh   +8 more
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A Letter to Reconsider the Conditions for Testing Decontaminated N95 Respirators for Emergency Reuse to Address Shortage

Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020
The battle with COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the shortage of personal protective equipment, particularly, N95 respirators. Healthcare workers who reused N95 respirators may resort to unproven methods of cleaning/sterilization that can severely ...
Eric P. Vejerano, Jeonghyeon Ahn
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Safety and structural integrity of N95/PFF2 respirators decontamination [PDF]

American Journal of Infection Control, 2021
COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an emerging respiratory pathogen. The work environment represents a high-risk factor for health professionals. Given the scarcity of protective personal equipment due to global demand, decontamination and reuse studies should be carried out.
Coelho, WEGDS, Perrechil, F, Pedreira, MLG, Lopes, JL, Santos, MVLD, Gabrieloni, MC, Perfeito, JA, Moraes, MAD, Taminato, M   +8 more
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Subject validation of reusable N95 stop-gap filtering facepiece respirators in COVID-19 pandemic.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled widespread shortages of personal protective equipment including N95 respirators. Several centers are developing reusable stop-gap respirators as alternatives to disposable N95 respirators during public ...
William C K Ng, Arnaud Romeo Mbadjeu Hondjeu, Andrew Syrett, Rebecca Caragata, Dmitry Rozenberg, Zixuan Xiao, Vahid Anwari, Jessica Trac, Azad Mashari   +8 more
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Decontamination and Reuse of N95 Masks: A Narrative Review

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2020
Background. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented strain on healthcare supplies. Currently there is a global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), especially N95 masks. In order to safeguard healthcare personnel in this critical
M. A. Khan, A. Ikram, S. Savul, F. K. Lalani, M. A. Khan, M. Sarfraz   +5 more
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Effectiveness of N95 Respirator Decontamination and Reuse against SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has created worldwide shortages of N95 respirators. We analyzed 4 decontamination methods for effectiveness in deactivating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus and effect on respirator function.
Robert J. Fischer, Dylan H. Morris, Neeltje van Doremalen, Shanda Sarchette, M. Jeremiah Matson, Trenton Bushmaker, Claude Kwe Yinda, Stephanie N. Seifert, Amandine Gamble, Brandi N. Williamson, Seth D. Judson, Emmie de Wit, James O. Lloyd-Smith, Vincent J. Munster   +13 more
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The need of health policy perspective to protect Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 pandemic. A GRADE rapid review on the N95 respirators effectiveness.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Protecting Health Care Workers (HCWs) during routine care of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients is of paramount importance to halt the SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2) pandemic.
Primiano Iannone, Greta Castellini, Daniela Coclite, Antonello Napoletano, Alice Josephine Fauci, Laura Iacorossi, Daniela D'Angelo, Cristina Renzi, Giuseppe La Torre, Claudio M Mastroianni, Silvia Gianola   +10 more
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