Open AccessReprocessing of N95 masks: Experience from a resource-limited setting in India
Author(s) -
Anusha Rohit,
Shankar Rajasekaran,
Suchitra Shenoy,
Sumit Rai,
Iddya Karunasagar,
Suresh Kumar Dorairajan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.070
Subject(s) - human decontamination , sterilization (economics) , materials science , dry heat , ultraviolet , economic shortage , irradiation , covid-19 , environmental science , pulp and paper industry , waste management , medicine , composite material , optoelectronics , monetary economics , disease , foreign exchange , foreign exchange market , engineering , linguistics , pathology , economics , government (linguistics) , philosophy , physics , nuclear physics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Due to the surge in demand for N95 masks during the Covid-19 pandemic, and considering the situation in countries grappling with acute shortages of N95 masks, this study investigated the possibilities of decontamination and reuse of masks.
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