Evaluation of N95 respirator ultraviolet decontamination and clinical reuse with quantitative fit testing

Gregory K. Wanner; Douglas Ader; Richard Caplan; Amit S. Padaki; Debra Ravert; Marci Drees

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.187

Evaluation of N95 respirator ultraviolet decontamination and clinical reuse with quantitative fit testing

Gregory K. Wanner, Douglas Ader, Richard Caplan, Amit S. Padaki, Debra Ravert, Marci Drees

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The supply of N95 respirators has been severely strained by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We used quantitative fit-testing to evaluate 16 participants and 45 respirators through up to 4 rounds of ultraviolet decontamination and clinical reuse. The mean fit-test failure rate was 29.7%, and the probability of failure increased through N95 reuse.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1272-1274
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	43
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.187
State	Published - Sep 3 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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