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- Title
Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirator for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Workers.
- Authors
Loeb, Mark; Dafoe, Nancy; Mahony, James; John, Michael; Sarabia, Alicia; Glavin, Verne; Webby, Richard; Smieja, Marek; Earn, David J. D.; Chong, Sylvia; Webb, Ashley; Walter, Stephen D.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study which compared the effectiveness of surgical masks with N95 respirators in protecting health care workers against influenza. The study has enrolled 446 nurses from emergency departments, medical units and pediatric units in 8 tertiary care hospitals in Ontario in a noninferiority randomized controlled trial. It was revealed that influenza infection occurred in 50 nurses in the group using surgical mask and 48 in those using N95 respirators. It was also concluded that the use of a surgical mask resulted in noninferior rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza as compared with an N95 respirator.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; INFLUENZA prevention; BREATHING apparatus; MASKS; PROTECTIVE clothing; NURSES; HOSPITALS; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009, Vol 302, Issue 17, p1865
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2009.1466