作者
Elaine C Toomey, Yvonne Conway, Chris Burton, Simon Smith, Michael Smalle, Xin-Hui S Chan, Anil Adisesh, Sarah Tanveer, Lawrence Ross, Iain Thomson, Declan Devane, Trish Greenhalgh
发表日期
2021/1
来源
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
卷号
42
期号
1
页码范围
75-83
出版商
Cambridge University Press
简介
Background
Shortages of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have led to the extended use or reuse of single-use respirators and surgical masks by frontline healthcare workers. The evidence base underpinning such practices warrants examination.
Objectives
To synthesize current guidance and systematic review evidence on extended use, reuse, or reprocessing of single-use surgical masks or filtering face-piece respirators.
Data sources
We used the World Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Public Health England websites to identify guidance. We used Medline, PubMed, Epistemonikos, Cochrane Database, and preprint servers for systematic reviews.
Methods
Two reviewers conducted screening and data extraction. The quality of included systematic reviews …
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