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Comparing the fit of N95, KN95, surgical, and cloth face masks and assessing the accuracy of fit checking.

PLoS ONE, 2021
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has made well-fitting face masks a critical piece of protective equipment for healthcare workers and civilians. While the importance of wearing face masks has been acknowledged, there remains a lack of understanding ...
Eugenia O'Kelly, Anmol Arora, Sophia Pirog, James Ward, P John Clarkson   +4 more
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N95 respirator use during advanced pregnancy [PDF]

American Journal of Infection Control, 2014
To determine the physiological and subjective effects of wearing an N95 filtering facepiece respirator (N95 FFR) in advanced stages of pregnancy.Healthy pregnant women (n = 22) and nonpregnant women (n = 22) had physiological and subjective measurements taken with and without wearing an N95 FFR during exercise and postural sedentary activities over a 1-
Raymond J, Roberge, Jung-Hyun, Kim, Jeffrey B, Powell   +2 more
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Dry Heat as a Decontamination Method for N95 Respirator Reuse [PDF]

Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2020
A pandemic such as COVID-19 can cause a sudden depletion of the worldwide supply of respirators, forcing healthcare providers to reuse them. In this study, we systematically evaluated dry heat treatment as a viable option for the safe decontamination of N95 respirators (1860, 3M) before their reuse.
Oh, Chamteut, Araud, Elbashir, Puthussery, Joseph V., Bai, Hezi, Clark, Gemma G., Wang, Leyi, Verma, Vishal, Nguyen, Thanh H.   +7 more
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Ethanol-Drying Regeneration of N95 Respirators [PDF]

, 2020
Abstract A critical shortage of respirators, masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) exists due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of particular need are N95 respirators, which use meltblown microfibers of charged polypropylene. An intensive search is underway to find reliable methods to lengthen the useful life of these normally ...
Nazeeri AI, Hilburn IA, Wu D, Mohammed KA, Badal DY, Chan MH, Kirschvink JL.   +6 more
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Covid-19 and the N95 respirator shortage: Closing the gap [PDF]

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2020
AbstractDue to extreme shortages of personal protective equipment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many healthcare workers will be forced to recycle protective masks intended for disposal after a single use. We propose investigating the use of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation to sterilize masks of SARS-CoV-2 for safer reuse.
Nogee, Daniel, Tomassoni, Anthony J.
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Modified full-face snorkel masks as reusable personal protective equipment for hospital personnel.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Here we adapt and evaluate a full-face snorkel mask for use as personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers, who lack appropriate alternatives during the COVID-19 crisis in the spring of 2020.
Laurel Kroo, Anesta Kothari, Melanie Hannebelle, George Herring, Thibaut Pollina, Ray Chang, Dominic Peralta, Samhita P Banavar, Eliott Flaum, Hazel Soto-Montoya, Hongquan Li, Kyle Combes, Emma Pan, Khang Vu, Kelly Yen, James Dale, Patrick Kolbay, Simon Ellgas, Rebecca Konte, Rozhin Hajian, Grace Zhong, Noah Jacobs, Amit Jain, Filip Kober, Gerry Ayala, Quentin Allinne, Nicholas Cucinelli, Dave Kasper, Luca Borroni, Patrick Gerber, Ross Venook, Peter Baek, Nitin Arora, Philip Wagner, Roberto Miki, Jocelyne Kohn, David Kohn Bitran, John Pearson, Beatriz Arias-Arco, Ricardo Larrainzar-Garijo, Cristián Muñiz Herrera, Manu Prakash   +41 more
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Practical considerations for Ultraviolet-C radiation mediated decontamination of N95 respirator against SARS-CoV-2 virus.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Decontaminating N95 respirators for reuse could mitigate shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the United States Center for Disease Control has identified Ultraviolet-C irradiation as one of the most promising methods for N95 decontamination ...
Guillaume R Golovkine, Allison W Roberts, Chase Cooper, Sebastian Riano, Angela M DiCiccio, Daniel L Worthington, Jeffrey P Clarkson, Michael Krames, Jianping Zhang, Ying Gao, Ling Zhou, Scott B Biering, Sarah A Stanley   +12 more
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Measurement of filtration efficiencies of healthcare and consumer materials using modified respirator fit tester setup.

PLoS ONE, 2020
During the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic there is unprecedented demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), especially N95 respirators and surgical masks.
Kenneth D Long, Elizabeth V Woodburn, Ian C Berg, Valerie Chen, William S Scott   +4 more
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Plasma generated ozone and reactive oxygen species for point of use PPE decontamination system.

PLoS ONE, 2022
This paper reports a plasma reactive oxygen species (ROS) method for decontamination of PPE (N95 respirators and gowns) using a surface DBD source to meet the increased need of PPE due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Min Huang, Md Kamrul Hasan, Kavita Rathore, Md Abdullah Hil Baky, John Lassalle, Jamie Kraus, Matthew Burnette, Christopher Campbell, Kunpeng Wang, Howard Jemison, Suresh Pillai, Matt Pharr, David Staack   +12 more
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Herd protection effect of N95 respirators in healthcare workers [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research, 2016
Objective To determine if there was herd protection conferred to unprotected healthcare workers (HCWs) by N95 respirators worn by colleagues. Methods Data were analysed from a prospective cluster randomized clinical trial conducted in ...
Chen, X, Chughtai, AA, MacIntyre, CR
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