Protection levels of N95-level respirator substitutes proposed during the COVID-19 pandemic: safety concerns and quantitative evaluation procedures

OBJECTIVE: The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated widespread shortages of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and the creation and sharing of proposed substitutes (novel designs, repurposed materials) with limited testing against regulatory standards. We aimed to categorically test the efficacy a...

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Autores principales: Ballard, David H, Dang, Audrey J, Kumfer, Benjamin M, Weisensee, Patricia B, Meacham, J Mark, Scott, Alex R, Ruppert-Stroescu, Mary, Burke, Broc A, Morris, Jason, Gan, Connie, Hu, Jesse, King, Bradley, Jammalamadaka, Udayabhanu, Sayood, Sena, Liang, Stephen, Choudhary, Shruti, Dhanraj, David, Maranhao, Bruno, Millar, Christine, Bertroche, J Tyler, Shomer, Nirah, Woodard, Pamela K, Biswas, Pratim, Axelbaum, Richard, Genin, Guy, Williams, Brent J, Meacham, Kathleen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34475144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045557

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