Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care

Tight-fitting filtering facepiece (FFP3) face masks are essential respiratory protective equipment during aerosol-generating procedures in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) environment, and require a fit test to assess mask–face seal competency. Facial hair is considered to be an impediment fo...

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Autores principales: Singh, R., Safri, H.S., Singh, S., Ubhi, B.S., Singh, G., Alg, G.S., Randhawa, G., Gill, S.
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/PMC7532752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33022336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.09.034
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author Singh, R.
Safri, H.S.
Singh, S.
Ubhi, B.S.
Singh, G.
Alg, G.S.
Randhawa, G.
Gill, S.
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description Tight-fitting filtering facepiece (FFP3) face masks are essential respiratory protective equipment during aerosol-generating procedures in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) environment, and require a fit test to assess mask–face seal competency. Facial hair is considered to be an impediment for achieving a competent seal. We describe an under-mask beard cover called the Singh Thattha technique, which obtained a pass rate of 25/27 (92.6%) by qualitative and 5/5 (100%) by quantitative fit test in full-bearded individuals. Sturdier versions of FFP3 were more effective. For individuals for whom shaving is not possible, the Singh Thattha technique could offer an effective solution to safely don respirator masks.
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spelling pubmed-75327522020-10-05 Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care Singh, R. Safri, H.S. Singh, S. Ubhi, B.S. Singh, G. Alg, G.S. Randhawa, G. Gill, S. J Hosp Infect Short Report Tight-fitting filtering facepiece (FFP3) face masks are essential respiratory protective equipment during aerosol-generating procedures in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) environment, and require a fit test to assess mask–face seal competency. Facial hair is considered to be an impediment for achieving a competent seal. We describe an under-mask beard cover called the Singh Thattha technique, which obtained a pass rate of 25/27 (92.6%) by qualitative and 5/5 (100%) by quantitative fit test in full-bearded individuals. Sturdier versions of FFP3 were more effective. For individuals for whom shaving is not possible, the Singh Thattha technique could offer an effective solution to safely don respirator masks. The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020-12 2020-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7532752/ /pubmed/33022336 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.09.034 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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Randhawa, G.
Gill, S.
Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care
title Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care
title_full Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care
title_fullStr Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care
title_full_unstemmed Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care
title_short Under-mask beard cover (Singh Thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in COVID-19 patient care
title_sort under-mask beard cover (singh thattha technique) for donning respirator masks in covid-19 patient care
topic Short Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33022336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.09.034
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