Sterilization of N95 respirators: The time for action is upon us!

Re-processing of primary protective equipment is the need of the hour with healthcare systems all over the world strained due to the shortage precipitated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The common methods of re-sterilization do not hold well for filtering facepiece respirators (...

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Autores principales: Prakash, Arjun, Rao, Harshavardhan B, Nair, Priya, Talwar, Surabhi, Kumar, V Anil, Talwar, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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General Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32367850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_191_20
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author Prakash, Arjun
Rao, Harshavardhan B
Nair, Priya
Talwar, Surabhi
Kumar, V Anil
Talwar, Deepak
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description Re-processing of primary protective equipment is the need of the hour with healthcare systems all over the world strained due to the shortage precipitated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The common methods of re-sterilization do not hold well for filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) as they affect their structure and function. We propose the validation and eventual use of gamma irradiation, an already existing method of re-sterilization, to disinfect FFRs in bulk.
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spelling pubmed-73539302020-07-15 Sterilization of N95 respirators: The time for action is upon us! Prakash, Arjun Rao, Harshavardhan B Nair, Priya Talwar, Surabhi Kumar, V Anil Talwar, Deepak Lung India General Perspective Re-processing of primary protective equipment is the need of the hour with healthcare systems all over the world strained due to the shortage precipitated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The common methods of re-sterilization do not hold well for filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) as they affect their structure and function. We propose the validation and eventual use of gamma irradiation, an already existing method of re-sterilization, to disinfect FFRs in bulk. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2020-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7353930/ /pubmed/32367850 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_191_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Indian Chest Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Sterilization of N95 respirators: The time for action is upon us!
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title_short Sterilization of N95 respirators: The time for action is upon us!
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topic General Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353930/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32367850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_191_20
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