Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masks
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic situation put extreme pressure on the worldwide medical system from medical personnel to medical equipment. The protective face mask became the front line of anti-SARS-CoV-2 prevention methods, used by most of the world population, more than 7 billion people. The massive dema...
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| author | Alina Banciu Luoana Florentina Pascu Dragos Radulescu Cristina Iftode Anca Harabagiu Daniel Rudaru Mihai Nita-Lazar |
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| description | The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic situation put extreme pressure on the worldwide medical system from medical personnel to medical equipment. The protective face mask became the front line of anti-SARS-CoV-2 prevention methods, used by most of the world population, more than 7 billion people. The massive demand for face masks activated the world market, where countries from different continents increased their mask production and commercialization worldwide. Unfortunately, the focus on face mask production mostly relied on their ability to filter small-size molecules and less on their microbiological sterile status. Since bacterial structural communities could differ between various large populational groups or continents, in this study, we analyzed the microbial quality of face masks received from various countries/continents. There were analyzed the microbiological load of four types of masks, three from China and one from Romania. The bacterial density from masks was analyzed by membrane filtration and swabbing bacterial collection techniques. The results showed the Romanian mask had a smaller bacterial load than the Chinese masks. In addition, the bacterial identification showed a wide range of bacterial strains, quite different between face mask types. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0539c77ddf54b7b9623b91b6f6dfdaa2024-02-06T07:53:32ZengEstfaliaRomanian Journal of Ecology & Environmental Chemistry2668-54182668-85302023-06-01514249https://doi.org/10.21698/rjeec.2023.105Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masksAlina Banciu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2347-508XLuoana Florentina Pascu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5366-8253Dragos Radulescu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-3914Cristina Iftode3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-0551Anca Harabagiu4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-4420Daniel Rudaru5Mihai Nita-Lazar6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5099-1311National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology ECOINDThe SARS-CoV-2 pandemic situation put extreme pressure on the worldwide medical system from medical personnel to medical equipment. The protective face mask became the front line of anti-SARS-CoV-2 prevention methods, used by most of the world population, more than 7 billion people. The massive demand for face masks activated the world market, where countries from different continents increased their mask production and commercialization worldwide. Unfortunately, the focus on face mask production mostly relied on their ability to filter small-size molecules and less on their microbiological sterile status. Since bacterial structural communities could differ between various large populational groups or continents, in this study, we analyzed the microbial quality of face masks received from various countries/continents. There were analyzed the microbiological load of four types of masks, three from China and one from Romania. The bacterial density from masks was analyzed by membrane filtration and swabbing bacterial collection techniques. The results showed the Romanian mask had a smaller bacterial load than the Chinese masks. In addition, the bacterial identification showed a wide range of bacterial strains, quite different between face mask types.http://www.rjeec.ro/Read/193?id=Microbiological%20status%20of%20anti-SARS%20CoV-2%20protective%20face%20maskssars-cov2pandemicprotective face masksmicrobiology |
| spellingShingle | Alina Banciu Luoana Florentina Pascu Dragos Radulescu Cristina Iftode Anca Harabagiu Daniel Rudaru Mihai Nita-Lazar Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masks Romanian Journal of Ecology & Environmental Chemistry sars-cov2 pandemic protective face masks microbiology |
| title | Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masks |
| title_full | Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masks |
| title_fullStr | Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masks |
| title_short | Microbiological status of anti-SARS CoV-2 protective face masks |
| title_sort | microbiological status of anti sars cov 2 protective face masks |
| topic | sars-cov2 pandemic protective face masks microbiology |
| url | http://www.rjeec.ro/Read/193?id=Microbiological%20status%20of%20anti-SARS%20CoV-2%20protective%20face%20masks |
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