Impact of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation on new silicone half-piece elastometric respirator (VJR-NMU) performance, structural integrity and sterility during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Thananda Trakarnvanich ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thananda Trakarnvanich, Uraporn Phumisantiphong, Sujaree Pupipatpab, Chayanee Setthabramote, Jakravoot Maneerit, Anan Manomaipiboon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: thananda@hotmail.com

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-251X

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• Uraporn Phumisantiphong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thananda Trakarnvanich, Uraporn Phumisantiphong, Sujaree Pupipatpab, Chayanee Setthabramote, Jakravoot Maneerit, Anan Manomaipiboon

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Sujaree Pupipatpab ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thananda Trakarnvanich, Uraporn Phumisantiphong, Sujaree Pupipatpab, Chayanee Setthabramote, Jakravoot Maneerit, Anan Manomaipiboon

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Chayanee Setthabramote ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thananda Trakarnvanich, Uraporn Phumisantiphong, Sujaree Pupipatpab, Chayanee Setthabramote, Jakravoot Maneerit, Anan Manomaipiboon

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Bunpot Seakow ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Digital Agriculture Technology Research Team (DAT), Bangkok, Thailand, Research and Development Intelligent 2Systems Networks (ITSN), Bangkok, Thailand, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Bangkok, Thailand

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• Supanit Porntheeraphat ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Digital Agriculture Technology Research Team (DAT), Bangkok, Thailand, Research and Development Intelligent 2Systems Networks (ITSN), Bangkok, Thailand, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Bangkok, Thailand, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Bangkok, Thailand

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• Jakravoot Maneerit ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thananda Trakarnvanich, Uraporn Phumisantiphong, Sujaree Pupipatpab, Chayanee Setthabramote, Jakravoot Maneerit, Anan Manomaipiboon

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Anan Manomaipiboon

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thananda Trakarnvanich, Uraporn Phumisantiphong, Sujaree Pupipatpab, Chayanee Setthabramote, Jakravoot Maneerit, Anan Manomaipiboon

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7652-2305

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