Cargando…

Carbon dioxide increases with face masks but remains below short-term NIOSH limits

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: COVID-19 pandemic led to wide-spread use of face-masks, respirators and other personal protective equipment (PPE) by healthcare workers. Various symptoms attributed to the use of PPE are believed to be, at least in part, due to elevated carbon-dioxide (CO2) levels. We evaluat...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rhee, Michelle S. M., Lindquist, Carin D., Silvestrini, Matthew T., Chan, Amanda C., Ong, Jonathan J. Y., Sharma, Vijay K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8049746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33858372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06056-0