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The COVID-19 pandemic and N95 masks: reusability and decontamination methods

BACKGROUND: With the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many healthcare facilities are lacking a steady supply of masks worldwide. This emergency situation warrants the taking of extraordinary measures to minimize the negative health impact from an insufficient supply of masks. The decontamination, and re...

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Autores principales:	Peters, Alexandra, Palomo, Rafael, Ney, Hervé, Lotfinejad, Nasim, Zingg, Walter, Parneix, Pierre, Pittet, Didier
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Review
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8164050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34051855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00921-y

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