Assessing the filtration efficiency and regulatory status of N95s and nontraditional filtering face-piece respirators available during the COVID-19 pandemic

Assessing the filtration efficiency and regulatory status of N95s and nontraditional filtering face-piece respirators available during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background:The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted supply chains for many types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), particularly surgical N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs; "masks"). As a consequence, an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA has allowed use of ind...

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Main Authors: Plana, Deborah (Author), Tian, Enze (Author), Cramer, Avilash (Author), Yang, Helen (Author), Carmack, Mary M. (Author), Sinha, Michael S. (Author), Bourgeois, Florence T. (Author), Yu, Sherry H. (Author), Masse, Peter (Author), Boyer, Jon (Author), Kim, Minjune (Author), Mo, Jinhan (Author), LeBoeuf, Nicole R. (Author), Li, Ju (Author), Sorger, Peter K. (Author)
Other Authors: Harvard University- (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-08-25T14:59:26Z.
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