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Decontaminating N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic: simple and practical approaches to increase decontamination capacity, speed, safety and ease of use
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a severe shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), especially N95 respirators. Efficient, effective and economically feasible methods for large-scale PPE decontamination are urgently needed. AIMS: (1) to develop protocols for effectively decontamin...
Autores principales: | Russo, R., Levine, C., Grady, C., Peixoto, B., McCormick-Ell, J., Block, T., Gresko, A., Delmas, G., Chitale, P., Frees, A., Ruiz, A., Alland, D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7748974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33347939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.12.006 |
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