In-House Filtration Efficiency Assessment of Vapor Hydrogen Peroxide Decontaminated Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFRs)
To cope with the shortage of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), healthcare institutions have been forced to reuse FFRs using different decontamination methods, including vapor hydrogen peroxide (VHP). However, most healthcare institutions still strug...
Main Authors: | Khaled Al-Hadyan, Ghazi Alsbeih, Ahmad Nobah, Jeffrey Lindstrom, Sawsan Falatah, Nawarh Faran, Salem Al-Ghamdi, Belal Moftah, Rashed Alhmaid |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-07-01
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Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/13/7169 |
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