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ArticleInfection prevention in practice2021

PPE decontamination to overcome PPE shortage in rural area during pandemic.

Abdurrahman Kharbat, Habib Abla, Mahmud Alkul, Ranger Kile, Justin White, Cynthia Reinoso Webb, Steven M Presley, Min H Kang

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Article in Infection prevention in practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abdurrahman KharbatSchool of Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
Habib AblaGraduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
Mahmud AlkulSchool of Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
Ranger KileSchool of Medicine, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
Justin WhiteOffice of President, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
Cynthia Reinoso WebbDepartment of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79416, USA.
Steven M PresleyDepartment of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79416, USA.
Min H KangDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · USTexas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite remarkable developments in healthcare, the world was not ready to stop the spread of the novel COVID-19 pandemic almost a century after the great influenza pandemic. The explosive increase in the number of patients stalled the healthcare system, and the first and apparent issue was the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). Our group established a system using a hydrogen peroxide vaporization method to decontaminate and reuse N95 respirators for healthcare workers. The system decontaminated over 12,000 units of PPE to cover institutions in West Texas. This service provided support at the most needed time during the pandemic.

Indexed as

COVID-19Hydrogen peroxide vaporizationN95 respiratorPersonal protective equipment

Identifiers

PMID34316584
PMCPMC8084309
OpenAlexW3157439861

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