N95 masks worn to protect against COVID-19 prevented tuberculosis exposure in healthcare workers

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare workers in our institution have been equipped with N95 masks when performing aerosol-generating procedures, as these are associated with an increased risk of infection. We present a case in which using an N95 mask prevented tuberculosis (TB) e...

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Autores principales: Kuwahara, Masaatsu, Takahashi, Chikako, Nishimura, Sota, Shinkai, Takashi, Noma, Mitsuki, Sunakawa, Takuya, Shimizu, Misa, Hirata, Jun-Ichi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103515
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Shinkai, Takashi
Noma, Mitsuki
Sunakawa, Takuya
Shimizu, Misa
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description Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare workers in our institution have been equipped with N95 masks when performing aerosol-generating procedures, as these are associated with an increased risk of infection. We present a case in which using an N95 mask prevented tuberculosis (TB) exposure among healthcare workers administering prehospital care in rapid response vehicles. Even after the resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the future, wearing N95 masks among healthcare workers is recommended to protect against pathogens, including TB, when performing aerosol-producing procedures or prehospital activities for patients suspected of having respiratory diseases.
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spelling pubmed-89623832022-03-30 N95 masks worn to protect against COVID-19 prevented tuberculosis exposure in healthcare workers Kuwahara, Masaatsu Takahashi, Chikako Nishimura, Sota Shinkai, Takashi Noma, Mitsuki Sunakawa, Takuya Shimizu, Misa Hirata, Jun-Ichi Ann Med Surg (Lond) Short Communication Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare workers in our institution have been equipped with N95 masks when performing aerosol-generating procedures, as these are associated with an increased risk of infection. We present a case in which using an N95 mask prevented tuberculosis (TB) exposure among healthcare workers administering prehospital care in rapid response vehicles. Even after the resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the future, wearing N95 masks among healthcare workers is recommended to protect against pathogens, including TB, when performing aerosol-producing procedures or prehospital activities for patients suspected of having respiratory diseases. Elsevier 2022-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8962383/ /pubmed/35371475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103515 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Shimizu, Misa
Hirata, Jun-Ichi
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103515
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