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Design and evaluation of a portable negative pressure hood with HEPA filtration to protect health care workers treating patients with transmissible respiratory infections

BACKGROUND: To mitigate potential exposure of healthcare workers (HCWs) to SARS-CoV-2 via aerosol routes, we have developed a portable hood which not only creates a barrier between HCW and patient, but also utilizes negative pressure with filtration of aerosols by a high-efficiency particulate air f...

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Autores principales: Phu, Hai-Thien, Park, Yensil, Andrews, Austin J., Marabella, Ian, Abraham, Asish, Mimmack, Reid, Olson, Bernard A., Chaika, Jonathan, Floersch, Eugene, Remskar, Mojca, Hume, Janet R., Fischer, Gwenyth A., Belani, Kumar, Hogan, Christopher J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32603849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.203