Dry heat sterilization as a method to recycle N95 respirator masks: The importance of fit
In times of crisis, including the current COVID-19 pandemic, the supply chain of filtering facepiece respirators, such as N95 respirators, are disrupted. To combat shortages of N95 respirators, many institutions were forced to decontaminate and reuse respirators. While several reports have evaluated...
Main Authors: | John G. Yuen, Amy C. Marshilok, Peter Todd Benziger, Shan Yan, Jeronimo Cello, Chavis A. Stackhouse, Kim Kisslinger, David C. Bock, Esther S. Takeuchi, Kenneth J. Takeuchi, Lei Wang, Sruthi Babu, Glen Itzkowitz, David Thanassi, Daniel A. Knopf, Kenneth R. Shroyer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8730429/?tool=EBI |
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