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Addressing decontaminated respirators: Some methods appear to damage mask integrity and protective function
Peltier, Richard E. ; Wang, Jiayuan ; Hollenbeck, Brian L. ; Lanza, Jennifer ; Furtado, Ryan M. ; Cyr, Jay ; Ellison, Richard T. III ; Kobayashi, Kimiyoshi J.
Peltier, Richard E.
Wang, Jiayuan
Hollenbeck, Brian L.
Lanza, Jennifer
Furtado, Ryan M.
Cyr, Jay
Ellison, Richard T. III
Kobayashi, Kimiyoshi J.
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2020-07-16
Keywords
personal protection equipment
PPE
face masks
N95 respirators
reuse
decontamination
COVID-19
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Equipment and Supplies
Health and Medical Administration
Health Services Administration
Health Services Research
Infectious Disease
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
Virus Diseases
PPE
face masks
N95 respirators
reuse
decontamination
COVID-19
Clinical Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Equipment and Supplies
Health and Medical Administration
Health Services Administration
Health Services Research
Infectious Disease
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
Virus Diseases
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Decontamination of N95 respirators is being used by clinicians in the face of a global shortage of these devices. Some treatments for decontamination, such as some vaporized hydrogen peroxide methods or ultraviolet methods, had no impact on respiratory performance, while other treatments resulted in substantial damage to masks.
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Peltier RE, Wang J, Hollenbeck BL, Lanza J, Furtado RM, Cyr J, Ellison RT, Kobayashi KJ. Addressing decontaminated respirators: Some methods appear to damage mask integrity and protective function. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Jul 16:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.332. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32669135; PMCID: PMC7385316. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1017/ice.2020.332
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© 2020 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.