ArticleJournal of the International Society for Respiratory Protection2020
A Review of Decontamination Methods for Filtering Facepiece Respirators.
Article in Journal of the International Society for Respiratory Protection, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Liquid-Immersion Reprocessing Effects on Filtration Efficiency of 'Single-Use' Commercial Medical Face Masks.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- Research on Dry Microwave Heating Infectious Aerosols or Droplets on Respirators.IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques · 2021Article
- New technique to evaluate decontamination methods for filtering facepiece respirators.American journal of infection control · 2021Article
- COVID-19: Priority Use of N95 Mask or Double Mask.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2021Article
- N95 mask reuse in a major urban hospital: COVID-19 response process and procedure.The Journal of hospital infection · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
During the current COVID-19 infectious disease pandemic, the demand for NIOSH-approved filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) has exceeded supplies and decontamination and reuse of FFRs has been implemented by various user groups. FFR decontamination and reuse is only intended to be implemented as a crisis capacity strategy. This paper provides a review of decontamination procedures in the published literature and calls attention to their benefits and limitations. In most cases, the data are limited to a few FFR models and a limited number of decontamination cycles. Institutions planning to implement a decontamination method must understand its limitations in terms of the degree of inactivation of the intended microorganisms and the treatment's effects on the fit and filtration of the device.
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