Bacterial contamination of medical face mask wearing duration and the optimal wearing time

Bacterial contamination of medical face mask wearing duration and the optimal wearing time

IntroductionBacterial contamination is a critical parameter for how long a medical mask will be worn.MethodsIn this study, we used the pour plate method to observe the total bacteria counts in used medical face masks. The bacterial community analysis was detected using bio-Mass spectrometry technol...

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Main Authors: Guotao Ding, Guiying Li, Mengyu Liu, Peng Sun, Danqi Ren, Yan Zhao, Teng Gao, Guoxing Yang, Yanfei Fang, Weihao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
medical mask
MALDI-TOF
16SrRNA gene sequencing
bacteria contamination
wearing time​
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1231248/full

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