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Effect of various decontamination procedures on disposable N95 mask integrity and SARS-CoV-2 infectivity
INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a high demand on personal protective equipment, including disposable N95 masks. Given the need for mask reuse, we tested the feasibility of vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP), ultraviolet light (UV), and ethanol decontamination strategies on N95 mask in...
Autores principales: | Smith, Jeffrey S., Hanseler, Haley, Welle, John, Rattray, Rogan, Campbell, Mary, Brotherton, Tacy, Moudgil, Tarsem, Pack, Thomas F., Wegmann, Keith, Jensen, Shawn, Jin, Justin, Bifulco, Carlo B., Prahl, Scott A., Fox, Bernard A., Stucky, Nicholas L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7605403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34192045 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2020.494 |
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