N95 Usage During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nicole M DeLauro; Nader Ghobrial; Dong Yu

doi:10.7547/20-101

N95 Usage During the COVID-19 Pandemic

J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2020 Jun 22. doi: 10.7547/20-101. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Nicole M DeLauro¹, Nader Ghobrial², Dong Yu³

Affiliations

¹ Foot and Ankle Center of New Jersey, 1024 Park Avenue Suite 3, Plainfield, NJ 07060 United States Of America [US] ndelauro@ABPMed.org.
² Department of Podiatry, Hoboken University Medical Center, 308 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, NJ 07030 United States Of America [US] Nader.Ghobrial@carepointhealth.org.
³ Department of Podiatry, Hoboken University Medical Center, 308 Willow Avenue Hoboken, NJ 07030 United States Of America [US] Dong.Yu@carepointhealth.org.

PMID: 32569357
DOI: 10.7547/20-101

Abstract

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), formerly ubiquitous and disposable in the hospital and healthcare environment, has become scarce during the COVID-19 pandemic. This shortage has precipitated creative solutions to re-use and/or extend the lifetime of PPE, most notably the N95 mask. This article attempts to summarize options regarding re-use of N95 respirators and is for informational purposes only.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Mask; N95.