A Letter to Reconsider the Conditions for Testing Decontaminated N95 Respirators for Emergency Reuse to Address Shortage
Abstract The battle with COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the shortage of personal protective equipment, particularly, N95 respirators. Healthcare workers who reused N95 respirators may resort to unproven methods of cleaning/sterilization that can severely compromise the respirators’ filtration eff...
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Main Authors: | Eric P. Vejerano, Jeonghyeon Ahn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2024-12-01
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Series: | Aerosol and Air Quality Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2020.06.0339 |
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