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- Title
Training and Fit Testing of Health Care Personnel for Reusable Elastomeric Half-Mask Respirators Compared With Disposable N95 Respirators.
- Authors
Pompeii, Lisa A.; Kraft, Colleen S.; Brownsword, Erik A.; Lane, Morgan A.; Benavides, Elisa; Rios, Janelle; Radonovich, Lewis J.; Radonovich, Lewis J Jr
- Abstract
This study examines the feasibility of rapidly training and fit testing health care workers to use elastomeric half-mask respirators (EHMRs), widely used in construction and manufacturing, as an alternative to N95 respirators during periods of shortage.
- Subjects
HEALTH of medical personnel; MECHANICAL ventilators; COVID-19 pandemic; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; FEASIBILITY studies; COMPARATIVE studies; ELASTOMERS; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; BREATHING apparatus; DISPOSABLE medical devices; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; PILOT projects; PRODUCT design; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; EVALUATION research; MEDICAL equipment reuse
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2020, Vol 323, Issue 18, p1849
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2020.4806