Repeated vaporised hydrogen peroxide disinfection of 3M 1860 N95 mask respirators does not degrade quantitative fit performance

Br J Anaesth. 2021 Mar;126(3):e125-e127. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.021. Epub 2020 Dec 17.

¹ Prisma Health: Upstate Affiliate, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, SC, USA. Electronic address: Phillip.Moschellal@prismahealth.org.
² Prisma Health: Upstate Affiliate, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, SC, USA. Electronic address: Wesley.Liao@prismahealth.org.
³ Prisma Health: Upstate Affiliate, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, SC, USA.
⁴ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
⁵ Office of Occupational and Environmental Safety, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
⁶ Office of Infection Prevention and Control, Prisma Health: Upstate Affiliate, Greenville, SC, USA.
⁷ Samaritan Biologics, J. Crayton Pruitt Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

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Keywords: COVID-19; N95 mask; fit testing; mask respirator; personal protective equipment; reuse.

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