Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34963705›Full record

ArticleMaterials letters2022

Ozone as an alternative decontamination process for N95 facemask and biosafety gowns.

G Ibáñez-Cervantes, G E Lugo-Zamudio, C Cruz-Cruz, E M Durán-Manuel, J C Bravata-Alcántara, E García-Moncada, M Mata-Rocha, L Delgado-Balbuena, M A Cureño-Díaz, C R Ramírez-Cortina and 5 more

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Materials letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2022
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

G Ibáñez-CervantesHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
G E Lugo-ZamudioHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
C Cruz-CruzHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
E M Durán-ManuelHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
J C Bravata-AlcántaraHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
E García-MoncadaHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
M Mata-RochaHospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
L Delgado-BalbuenaHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
M A Cureño-DíazHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
C R Ramírez-CortinaDepartamento de Energía, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
G León-ÁvilaDepartamento de Zoología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
B Nogueda-TorresDepartamento de Parasitología. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
J M Hernández-HernándezDepartamento de Biología Celular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
S E RodilInstituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
J M Bello-LópezHospital Juárez de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Hospital Juárez de México · MXInstituto Politécnico Nacional · MXCenter for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute · MXCentro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI · MXUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic created a global shortage of medical protective equipment. Here, we considered ozone (O

Indexed as

COVID-19DecontaminationOzoneOzone, O3Protective equipmentProtective Equipment, PPESARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34963705
PMCPMC8697480
OpenAlexW4200618269

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.