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A laboratory model demonstrating the protective effects of surgical masks, face shields, and a combination of both in a speaking simulation

BACKGROUND: The protection against aerosol transmission provided by masks vs face shields or in combination when speaking indoors is not well understood. METHODS: To simulate a human source, an aerosol generating system was made using a bacterial suspension in a nebulizer attached to an oxygen cylin...

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Autores principales: Salimnia, Hossein, Meyer, Monica P., Mitchell, Robert, Fairfax, Marilynn R., Gundel, Angela, Guru, Navneet, Chopra, Teena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7826106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33485923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.01.012