The effect of medical face masks on inhalation risk of bacterial bioaerosols in hospital waste decontamination station.

Morvarid Boroumand Alipour, Mojtaba Davoudi, Hadi Farsiani, Maryam Sarkhosh, Seyfollah Gharib, Hamid Heidarian Miri

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Morvarid Boroumand AlipourDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Mojtaba DavoudiDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. davoudimj@gmail.com.

Hadi FarsianiMashhad University of Medical Sciences, Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mashhad, Iran.

Maryam SarkhoshDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Seyfollah GharibDepartment of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Hamid Heidarian MiriInfant Research Center, School of Food and Nutritional Science, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

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Abstract

There is insufficient research on bioaerosols in hospital waste decontamination stations. This study aimed to investigate the effect of three-layer and N95 masks in reducing the inhalation risk of bacterial bioaerosols in a waste decontamination station at a teaching hospital. Active sampling was conducted on five different days at three locations: the yard, resting room, and autoclave room in three different modes: without a mask, with a three-layer mask, and with an N95 mask. Bacterial bioaerosols passing through the masks were identified using biochemical tests and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The median concentration and interquartile range (IQR) of bacterial bioaerosols was 217.093 (230.174) colony-forming units per cubic meter (CFU/m

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AerosolsAir MicrobiologyDecontaminationMasksBacteriaHospitalsHumansInhalation ExposureMedical WasteMedical Waste DisposalOccupational ExposureAerosolsMedical WasteMedical Waste DisposalAirborne bacteriaInhalation riskPersonal protective equipmentRisk assessment

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PMID39482346

DOI10.1038/s41598-024-69088-x

PMCPMC11527977

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