Novel approach to deployment of crisis situation supply of N95 respirator models in a healthcare system

Given supply constraints of N95s in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare facilities have turned to extended use protocols and new sources of N95s. Because fit testing every employee for every new mask is not feasible, our Infection Prevention Department developed a method for r...

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Autores principales: Lane, Morgan, Kraft, Colleen S., Ayers, Marie, Love, Kari, Brownsword, Erik, Sexton, Mary Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8800390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33159996
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.11.001
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Sumario:Given supply constraints of N95s in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare facilities have turned to extended use protocols and new sources of N95s. Because fit testing every employee for every new mask is not feasible, our Infection Prevention Department developed a method for rapid deployment of new N95s.

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