TY - JOUR
T1 - Addressing decontaminated respirators
T2 - Some methods appear to damage mask integrity and protective function
AU - Peltier, Richard E.
AU - Wang, Jiayuan
AU - Hollenbeck, Brian L.
AU - Lanza, Jennifer
AU - Furtado, Ryan M.
AU - Cyr, Jay
AU - Ellison, Richard T.
AU - Kobayashi, Kimiyoshi J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Decontamination of N95 respirators is being used by clinicians in the face of a global shortage of these devices. Some treatments for decontamination, such as some vaporized hydrogen peroxide methods or ultraviolet methods, had no impact on respiratory performance, while other treatments resulted in substantial damage to masks.
AB - Decontamination of N95 respirators is being used by clinicians in the face of a global shortage of these devices. Some treatments for decontamination, such as some vaporized hydrogen peroxide methods or ultraviolet methods, had no impact on respiratory performance, while other treatments resulted in substantial damage to masks.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2020.332
DO - 10.1017/ice.2020.332
M3 - Article
C2 - 32669135
AN - SCOPUS:85094117354
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 41
SP - 1446
EP - 1448
JO - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
JF - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
IS - 12
ER -