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. 2024 Oct 1;7(10):e2441663.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.41663.

N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Reuse, Extended Use, and Filtration Efficiency

Ralph C Wang  1 , Newton Addo  1 , Nida F Degesys  1 , Jahan Fahimi  1   2 , James S Ford  1 , Efrat Rosenthal  1 , Anna R Harris  1 , Anna Q Yaffee  3 , Susan Peterson  4 , Richard E Rothmann  4 , John DeAngelis  5 , Vaishal Tolia  6 , Manish N Shah  7 , Thomas B Stephenson  8 , Sheila J Nogueira-Prewitt  8 , Katherine N Yoon  9   10   11 , Edward M Fisher  9   10   11 , Maria C Raven  1   2 ; Reuse N95 Group
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N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Reuse, Extended Use, and Filtration Efficiency

Ralph C Wang et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This cohort study examines the association of reuse of N95 filtering facepiece respirators and N95 filtration efficiency.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Drs Wang, Addo, Degesys, Harris, Yaffee, Peterson, and Shah reported receiving grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the conduct of the study. Dr Rosenthal reported receiving grants from Occupational Safety and Health Association during the conduct of the study. Dr Yaffee reported receiving grants from Gilead FOCUS outside the submitted work. Dr Rothman reported receiving grants from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine during the conduct of the study and receiving grants from Cepheid and being the codirector of the National Institutes of Health Center for Exellence for Infleunza Research and Response outside the submitted work. Dr Raven reported receiving grants from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-CDC during the conduct of the study. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Boxplot of Percentage Filtration Efficiency by Shifts Worn and by N95s Model
The dotted line indicates 95% filtration efficiency; circles, outliers, edges of boxes, upper and lower quartiles; center line in boxes, median value; whiskers, the minimum and maximum values.
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