Assessment of Masks Used by Healthcare Workers: Development and Validation of a Mask Qualitative Assessment Tool (MQAT)

Background: Respiratory masks can provide healthcare workers with protection from biological hazards when they have good performance. There is a direct relationship between the visual specifications of a mask and its efficacy; thus, the aim of this study was to develop tools for qualitative assessme...

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Main Authors: Vahid Gharibi, Rosanna Cousins, Hamidreza Mokarami, Mehdi Jahangiri, Mohammad A. Keshavarz, Mohammad M. Shirmohammadi-Bahadoran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791122000701