Protocol of a prospective comprehensive evaluation of an elastic band beard cover for filtering facepiece respirators in healthcare

• Daryl Lindsay Williams,

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

  Affiliations Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6987-5804

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• Benjamin Kave,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

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• Charles Bodas,

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

  Affiliation Respiratory Protection Program, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6533-7646

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• Fiona Begg,

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

  Affiliation Respiratory Protection Program, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

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• Megan Roberts,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Respiratory Protection Program, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia

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• Irene Ng

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

  * E-mail: Irene.Ng@mh.org.au

  Affiliations Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6632-5604

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