Influence of wearing time on efficacy of disposable surgical masks as microbial barrier Influência do tempo de utilização de máscaras cirúrgicas descartáveis na sua eficácia como barreira microbiana
The present study evaluated the efficacy of disposable surgical masks as a microbial barrier with 95% of Bacteria Filtration Efficacy (BFE) according to the wearing time (1, 2, 4 and 6 hours). The masks showed a decrease in efficacy after a 4-hour wearing time.<br>Este estudo propôs analisar a...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2006-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000300003 |