Personal protective equipment for reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection among health care workers involved in emergency trauma surgery during the pandemic: An …

DP Griswold, A Gempeler, A Kolias… - Journal of Trauma …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Health care facilities in low-and middle-income countries are inadequately
resourced to adhere to current COVID-19 prevention recommendations. Recommendations …

Effectiveness of N95 masks against SARS-CoV-2: performance efficiency, concerns, and future directions

TU Rashid, S Sharmeen, S Biswas - ACS Chemical Health & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, which is caused by novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has continued to spread around the …

N95 reprocessing by low temperature sterilization with 59% vaporized hydrogen peroxide during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

M Jatta, C Kiefer, H Patolia, J Pan, C Harb… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Response to the COVID-19 pandemic by hospital systems has been strained by
severe shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly N95 respirators …

Efficacy and safety of disinfectants for decontamination of N95 and SN95 filtering facepiece respirators: a systematic review

K O'Hearn, S Gertsman, R Webster… - Journal of Hospital …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Decontaminating and reusing filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) for
healthcare workers is a potential solution to address inadequate FFR supply during a global …

Exploring options for reprocessing of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators (N95-FFRs) amidst COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

D Paul, A Gupta, AK Maurya - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background There is global shortage of Personal Protective Equipment due to COVID-19
pandemic. N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators (N95-FFRs) provide respiratory protection …

Decontamination of N95 respirators against SARS-CoV-2: A scoping review

R Sarkis-Onofre, R do Carmo Borges, G Demarco… - Journal of Dentistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives This scoping review aimed to map and compile the available evidence regarding
the effectiveness of decontaminating N95 respirators against the novel coronavirus (SARS …

Review of aerosolized hydrogen peroxide, vaporized hydrogen peroxide, and hydrogen peroxide gas plasma in the decontamination of filtering facepiece respirators

D Berger, G Gundermann, A Sinha, M Moroi… - American journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to over 170? million cases …

[HTML][HTML] A novel methodology and new concept of SARS-CoV-2 elimination in heating and ventilating air conditioning systems using waste heat recovery

N Rezaei, M Jafari, A Nazari, S Salehi, F Talati… - AIP advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Heating and ventilation air conditioning systems in hospitals (cleanroom HVAC systems) are
used to control the transmission/spreading of airborne diseases such as COVID-19. Air …

The COVID-19 pandemic and N95 masks: reusability and decontamination methods

A Peters, R Palomo, H Ney, N Lotfinejad… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2021 - Springer
Background With the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many healthcare facilities are lacking
a steady supply of masks worldwide. This emergency situation warrants the taking of …

Enhanced disinfection with hybrid hydrogen peroxide fogging in a critical care setting

A Khandelwal, B Lapolla, T Bair, F Grinstead… - BMC Infectious …, 2022 - Springer
Background Environmental contamination contributes to hospital associated infections,
particularly those caused by multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO). This study investigated …