Quantitative fit testing with limited supplies of respirator masks in hospital personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic

Shanel Cameron; Winston Cheung; Nigel Cronin; Karina Griffiths; Rhiannon Hunt; Lesley Innes; Mark Kol; Amy Lawrence; Asim Shah; Katina Skylas; Atul Wagh; The Sydney Local Health District Mask Fit Investigators (in alphabetical order)

doi:10.1071/AH20154

Quantitative fit testing with limited supplies of respirator masks in hospital personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic

Aust Health Rev. 2020 Aug;44(4):542-543. doi: 10.1071/AH20154.

Affiliations

¹ Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia. Email: shanel.cameron@health.nsw.gov.au; Rhiannon.Hunt@health.nsw.gov.au; Mark.Kol@health.nsw.gov.au; Amy.Lawrence@health.nsw.gov.au; Asim.Shah@health.nsw.gov.au; Katina.Skylas@health.nsw.gov.au; Atul.Wagh@health.nsw.gov.au.
² Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia. Email: shanel.cameron@health.nsw.gov.au; Rhiannon.Hunt@health.nsw.gov.au; Mark.Kol@health.nsw.gov.au; Amy.Lawrence@health.nsw.gov.au; Asim.Shah@health.nsw.gov.au; Katina.Skylas@health.nsw.gov.au; Atul.Wagh@health.nsw.gov.au; and Sydney Medical School - Concord, University of Sydney, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia; and The George Institute for Global Health - Australia, Level 5, 1 King Street, Newtown, NSW 2050, Australia; and Corresponding author. Email: winston.cheung@health.nsw.gov.au.
³ Centre for Education and Workforce Development, Sydney Local Health District, Rozelle Campus, Building 301, Callan Park, Balmain Road, Lilyfield, NSW 2039, Australia. Email: Nigel.Cronin@health.nsw.gov.au; Karina.Griffiths@health.nsw.gov.au; Lesley.Innes@health.nsw.gov.au.
⁴ Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia. Email: shanel.cameron@health.nsw.gov.au; Rhiannon.Hunt@health.nsw.gov.au; Mark.Kol@health.nsw.gov.au; Amy.Lawrence@health.nsw.gov.au; Asim.Shah@health.nsw.gov.au; Katina.Skylas@health.nsw.gov.au; Atul.Wagh@health.nsw.gov.au; and Sydney Medical School - Concord, University of Sydney, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia.

PMID: 32718421
DOI: 10.1071/AH20154

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Female
Guidelines as Topic*
Humans
Male
Masks / standards*
Masks / statistics & numerical data
Masks / supply & distribution*
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure / statistics & numerical data*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Personnel, Hospital / statistics & numerical data*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
SARS-CoV-2