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Respirators

The protective performance of reusable cloth face masks, disposable procedure masks, KN95 masks and N95 respirators: Filtration and total inward leakage

Scott Duncan, Paul Bodurtha, Syed Naqvi

Applying heat and humidity using stove boiled water for decontamination of N95 respirators in low resource settings

Siddharth Doshi, Samhita P. Banavar, [ ... ], Manu Prakash

UV decontamination of personal protective equipment with idle laboratory biosafety cabinets during the COVID-19 pandemic

Davis T. Weaver, Benjamin D. McElvany, [ ... ], Jacob G. Scott

One size fits all?: A simulation framework for face-mask fit on population-based faces

Tomas Solano, Rajat Mittal, Kourosh Shoele

Potential application of novel technology developed for instant decontamination of personal protective equipment before the doffing step

Luís Alberto Brêda Mascarenhas, Bruna Aparecida Souza Machado, [ ... ], Roberto Badaró

“Don, doff, discard” to “don, doff, decontaminate”—FFR and mask integrity and inactivation of a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate and a norovirus following multiple vaporised hydrogen peroxide-, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation-, and dry heat decontaminations

Louisa F. Ludwig-Begall, Constance Wielick, [ ... ], Eric Haubruge

Gamma radiation sterilization of N95 respirators leads to decreased respirator performance

Haedi E. DeAngelis, Anne M. Grillet, [ ... ], Paul M. Thelen

Reusable snorkel masks adapted as particulate respirators

Henry Seligman, Sameer Zaman, [ ... ], Ricardo Petraco

Development, manufacturing, and preliminary validation of a reusable half-face respirator during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vahid Anwari, William C. K. Ng, [ ... ], Azad Mashari

Medical face masks offer self-protection against aerosols: An evaluation using a practical in vitro approach on a dummy head

Christian M. Sterr, Inga-Lena Nickel, [ ... ], Frank Günther

Effects of face masks on speech recognition in multi-talker babble noise

Joseph C. Toscano, Cheyenne M. Toscano

The critical importance of mask seals on respirator performance: An analytical and simulation approach

Mingxin Xu, Peter Lee, David Collins

Implementation status of national tuberculosis infection control guidelines in Bangladeshi hospitals

Arifa Nazneen, Sayeeda Tarannum, [ ... ], Md Saiful Islam

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