COVID 19'da N95 maskesinin yeniden kullanımı pandemik stratejiler ve ihtiyat

COVID 19'da N95 maskesinin yeniden kullanımı pandemik stratejiler ve ihtiyat

Pugazhenthan Thangaraju, Mahesh Kumar Balasundaram, Meenalotchını Gurunthalıngam, Sajıtha Venkatesan, Eswaran Thangaraju

COVID-19, the current global pandemic is of tremendous concern to the occupational health community, because health care professionals would face the greatest risk of exposure. There are various rumors and myths circulating in the social media and other various online platforms regarding the reuse of N-95 respirators during the pandemic situation and hence it is essential to explore this current scenario based on the working mechanism and various decontamination and reuse strategies of N-95 respirators. Although various modes of disinfection of N95 respirators discussed above, the prime necessity is the vigilance of each and every method of disinfection. Improper method of disinfection is dangerous since it serves as the source of infection of COVID-19 and various other life threatening infections.

2020

covid-19, mask, Decontamination, N95 respirators, Vigilance, reuse strategies

10.17826/cumj.733024

Biotemas

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Medicine (General)