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Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks
Due to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, wearing a disposable face mask has become a worldwide daily routine, not only for medical operators or specialized personnel, but also for common people. Notwithstanding the undeniable positive effect in reducing the risk of virus transmission, it is important to unde...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9540090/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36207345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20692-9 |
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author | Buzzin, Alessio Domènech-Gil, Guillem Fraschetti, Elena Giovine, Ennio Puglisi, Donatella Caputo, Domenico |
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description | Due to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, wearing a disposable face mask has become a worldwide daily routine, not only for medical operators or specialized personnel, but also for common people. Notwithstanding the undeniable positive effect in reducing the risk of virus transmission, it is important to understand if a prolonged usage of the same face mask can have effectiveness on filtering capability and potential health consequences. To this aim, we present three investigations. A survey, carried out in central Italy, offers an overview of the distorted public awareness of face mask usage. A functional study shows how prolonged wearing leads to substantial drops in humid air filtration efficiency. Finally, a morphological analysis reports the proliferation of fungal or bacteria colonies inside an improperly used mask. Our study highlights therefore that wearing a face mask is really beneficial only if it is used correctly. |
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spelling | pubmed-95400902022-10-09 Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks Buzzin, Alessio Domènech-Gil, Guillem Fraschetti, Elena Giovine, Ennio Puglisi, Donatella Caputo, Domenico Sci Rep Article Due to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, wearing a disposable face mask has become a worldwide daily routine, not only for medical operators or specialized personnel, but also for common people. Notwithstanding the undeniable positive effect in reducing the risk of virus transmission, it is important to understand if a prolonged usage of the same face mask can have effectiveness on filtering capability and potential health consequences. To this aim, we present three investigations. A survey, carried out in central Italy, offers an overview of the distorted public awareness of face mask usage. A functional study shows how prolonged wearing leads to substantial drops in humid air filtration efficiency. Finally, a morphological analysis reports the proliferation of fungal or bacteria colonies inside an improperly used mask. Our study highlights therefore that wearing a face mask is really beneficial only if it is used correctly. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9540090/ /pubmed/36207345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20692-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Buzzin, Alessio Domènech-Gil, Guillem Fraschetti, Elena Giovine, Ennio Puglisi, Donatella Caputo, Domenico Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks |
title | Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks |
title_full | Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks |
title_fullStr | Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks |
title_short | Assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks |
title_sort | assessing the consequences of prolonged usage of disposable face masks |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9540090/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36207345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20692-9 |
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