Filtering Facepiece Respirators for Healthcare Workers Protection in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic | Zendy

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Filtering Facepiece Respirators for Healthcare Workers Protection in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s) -

Chee Tao Chang,

R Philip,

Victor Chee Wai Hoe

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

malaysian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2180-4303

pISSN - 1394-195X

DOI - 10.21315/mjms2021.28.3.14

Subject(s) - respirator , personal protective equipment , covid-19 , pandemic , health care , medicine , medical emergency , aeronautics , engineering , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , materials science , disease , pathology , outbreak , composite material , law

Protecting healthcare workers (HCWs) who are in the frontline during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic is paramount. The filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) or N95 respirator is one of the personal protective equipment (PPE) used to protect HCWs exposed to airborne pathogens in clinical practice or when performing aerosol generating procedures. The FFRs should be able to serve the intended purpose without causing additional health and safety hazards for the HCWs. The following commentary will provide some basic information on selecting correct FFRs and conducting fitness test.

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