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N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Basics, Types, and Shortage Solutions.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Srinivasan, S Peh, WCG
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is highly infectious, with the current pandemic causing significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. As large numbers of frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) have also been infected and several have died, there is much global concern about protective measures for them, particularly those performing surgery or other procedures with close patient contact. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been and there remains a shortage in the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), including the N95 filtering facepiece (FFP) respirator, for HCWs. N95 respirators have filtration efficiency of 95% of aerosol particles. Surgical N95 respirators are used where fluid resistance is also required together with respiratory protection, e.g. during surgery or interventional procedures. The shortage of N95 respirators may be overcome by extended use and reuse - comprising rotation and decontamination by approved techniques. The additional role of powered air-purifying respirators (PAPR) is also discussed.
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ISSN	19852533
Journal	Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal [Malays Orthop J]
Volume Number	14
PubMed Central reference number	PMC7513643
Issue Number	2
PubMed reference number	32983373
e-ISSN	2232111X
DOI	10.5704/moj.2007.002
Language	English
Publisher	Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
Publisher Date	2020-07-01
Publisher Place	Kuala Lumpur
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited © 2020 Malaysian Orthopaedic Association (MOA). All Rights Reserved
Subject Keyword	coronavirus disease COVID-19 filtering facepiece (FFP) respirator N95 respirator personal protective equipment (PPE)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Emergency Medicine Surgery

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