Correlation Between N95 Extended Use and Reuse and Fit Failure in an Emergency Department

Nida F Degesys; Ralph C Wang; Elizabeth Kwan; Jahan Fahimi; Jeanne A Noble; Maria C Raven

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.9843

Correlation Between N95 Extended Use and Reuse and Fit Failure in an Emergency Department

JAMA. 2020 Jul 7;324(1):94-96. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.9843.

Authors

Nida F Degesys¹, Ralph C Wang¹, Elizabeth Kwan¹, Jahan Fahimi¹, Jeanne A Noble¹, Maria C Raven¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines prevalence of fit test failure of 2 types of N95 mask (dome-shaped and duckbill) during extended use or reuse among health care workers over 2 days in April 2020 in the UCSF emergency department.

Publication types

Observational Study

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emergency Service, Hospital
Equipment Design / standards
Equipment Failure
Equipment Reuse / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Health Personnel*
Humans
Male
Masks / standards
Masks / supply & distribution*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
SARS-CoV-2
San Francisco / epidemiology
Statistics, Nonparametric
Time Factors