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Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: The high demand for personal protective equipment during the novel coronavirus outbreak has prompted the need to develop strategies to conserve supply. Little is known regarding decontamination interventions to allow for surgical mask reuse. AIM: To identify and synthesize data from orig...

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Autores principales: Zorko, D.J., Gertsman, S., O'Hearn, K., Timmerman, N., Ambu-Ali, N., Dinh, T., Sampson, M., Sikora, L., McNally, J.D., Choong, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7347478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32653432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.007
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author Zorko, D.J.
Gertsman, S.
O'Hearn, K.
Timmerman, N.
Ambu-Ali, N.
Dinh, T.
Sampson, M.
Sikora, L.
McNally, J.D.
Choong, K.
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Gertsman, S.
O'Hearn, K.
Timmerman, N.
Ambu-Ali, N.
Dinh, T.
Sampson, M.
Sikora, L.
McNally, J.D.
Choong, K.
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description BACKGROUND: The high demand for personal protective equipment during the novel coronavirus outbreak has prompted the need to develop strategies to conserve supply. Little is known regarding decontamination interventions to allow for surgical mask reuse. AIM: To identify and synthesize data from original research evaluating interventions to decontaminate surgical masks for the purpose of reuse. METHODS: MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Global Health, the WHO COVID-19 database, Google Scholar, DisasterLit, preprint servers, and prominent journals from inception to April 8(th), 2020, were searched for prospective original research on decontamination interventions for surgical masks. Citation screening was conducted independently in duplicate. Study characteristics, interventions, and outcomes were extracted from included studies by two independent reviewers. Outcomes of interest included impact of decontamination interventions on surgical mask performance and germicidal effects. FINDINGS: Seven studies met eligibility criteria: one evaluated the effects of heat and chemical interventions applied after mask use on mask performance, and six evaluated interventions applied prior to mask use to enhance antimicrobial properties and/or mask performance. Mask performance and germicidal effects were evaluated with heterogeneous test conditions. Safety outcomes were infrequently evaluated. Mask performance was best preserved with dry heat decontamination. Good germicidal effects were observed in salt-, N-halamine-, and nanoparticle-coated masks. CONCLUSION: There is limited evidence on the safety or efficacy of surgical mask decontamination. Given the heterogeneous methods used in studies to date, we are unable to draw conclusions on the most efficacious and safe intervention for decontaminating surgical masks.
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spelling pubmed-73474782020-07-10 Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review Zorko, D.J. Gertsman, S. O'Hearn, K. Timmerman, N. Ambu-Ali, N. Dinh, T. Sampson, M. Sikora, L. McNally, J.D. Choong, K. J Hosp Infect Review BACKGROUND: The high demand for personal protective equipment during the novel coronavirus outbreak has prompted the need to develop strategies to conserve supply. Little is known regarding decontamination interventions to allow for surgical mask reuse. AIM: To identify and synthesize data from original research evaluating interventions to decontaminate surgical masks for the purpose of reuse. METHODS: MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Global Health, the WHO COVID-19 database, Google Scholar, DisasterLit, preprint servers, and prominent journals from inception to April 8(th), 2020, were searched for prospective original research on decontamination interventions for surgical masks. Citation screening was conducted independently in duplicate. Study characteristics, interventions, and outcomes were extracted from included studies by two independent reviewers. Outcomes of interest included impact of decontamination interventions on surgical mask performance and germicidal effects. FINDINGS: Seven studies met eligibility criteria: one evaluated the effects of heat and chemical interventions applied after mask use on mask performance, and six evaluated interventions applied prior to mask use to enhance antimicrobial properties and/or mask performance. Mask performance and germicidal effects were evaluated with heterogeneous test conditions. Safety outcomes were infrequently evaluated. Mask performance was best preserved with dry heat decontamination. Good germicidal effects were observed in salt-, N-halamine-, and nanoparticle-coated masks. CONCLUSION: There is limited evidence on the safety or efficacy of surgical mask decontamination. Given the heterogeneous methods used in studies to date, we are unable to draw conclusions on the most efficacious and safe intervention for decontaminating surgical masks. The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020-10 2020-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7347478/ /pubmed/32653432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.007 Text en © 2020 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Gertsman, S.
O'Hearn, K.
Timmerman, N.
Ambu-Ali, N.
Dinh, T.
Sampson, M.
Sikora, L.
McNally, J.D.
Choong, K.
Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review
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title_short Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review
title_sort decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7347478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32653432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.07.007
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