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ArticleAmerican journal of infection control2023

Is the whole-day use of surgical masks during the coronavirus pandemic increasing the contamination of surgeons' masks?

Ricardo Abreu-Irizarry, Norberto J Torres-Lugo, Lucas De Virgilio-Salgado, Gabriel Echegaray-Casalduc, David Deliz-Jimenez, José Martinez-Ramos, Sebastian Estarellas-Cobian, Norman Ramírez, Christian Foy-Parilla

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Article in American journal of infection control, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ricardo Abreu-IrizarryDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Norberto J Torres-LugoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Electronic address: norberto.torres1@upr.edu.
Lucas De Virgilio-SalgadoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Gabriel Echegaray-CasalducDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
David Deliz-JimenezDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
José Martinez-RamosSchool of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sebastian Estarellas-CobianSchool of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Norman RamírezDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayagüez Medical Center, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Christian Foy-ParillaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Funding

UPR School of Medicine Endowed Health Services Research*S21MD000242 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · PI FRONTERA, WALTER R · 2002 to 2004
$15.0M
UPR School of Medicine Program for Research ExcellenceS21MD000138 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · PI JOGLAR, FRANCISCO M · 2002 to 2002
$2.9M
NIMHD NIH HHS S21 MD000138NIMHD NIH HHS S21 MD000242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evaluating the impact of surgical masks' conservation practices during the Coronavirus Disease pandemic in the bioburden of the operating room seems imperative, as they play a critical role against this pandemic. We demonstrate that surgeons' masks tend to be contaminated due to the conservation techniques to maximize protection equipment during the pandemic. Health institutions should highlight the importance of surgical mask exchange to avoid increments in surgical mask contamination.

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COVID-19SurgeonsHumansMasksPandemicsSARS-CoV-2BioburdenCOVID-19Operating roomReuse

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PMID35944743
PMCPMC9356566

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