Can sterilization of disposable face masks be an alternative for imported face masks? A nationwide field study including 19 sterilization departments and 471 imported brand types during COVID-19 shortages

• B. van Straten ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: b.j.vanstraten@tudelft.nl

  Affiliation Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-6593

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• P. D. Robertson,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3373-5113

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• H. Oussoren,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• S. Pereira Espindola,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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• E. Ghanbari,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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• J. Dankelman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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• S. Picken,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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• T. Horeman

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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