Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic

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Cukurova Medical Journal
Volume:45 Issue:3
Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic

Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic

Authors : Pugazhenthan THANGARAJU, Mahesh Kumar BALASUNDARAM, Meenalotchını GURUNTHALINGAM, Sajıtha VENKATESAN, Eswaran THANGARAJU

Pages : 1253-1256

Doi:10.17826/cumj.733024

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Publication Date : 2020-09-30

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :COVID-19, the current global pandemic is of tremendous concern to the occupational health community, because health care professionals would face the greatest risk of exposure. There are various rumors and myths circulating in the social media and other various online platforms regarding the reuse of N-95 respirators during the pandemic situation and hence it is essential to explore this current scenario based on the working mechanism and various decontamination and reuse strategies of N-95 respirators. Although various modes of disinfection of N95 respirators discussed above, the prime necessity is the vigilance of each and every method of disinfection. Improper method of disinfection is dangerous since it serves as the source of infection of COVID-19 and various other life threatening infections.
Keywords : COVID 19, N 95 Respirators, Decontamination, reuse strategies

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