Open AccessEvaluating Filtering Facepiece Respirator Wearing-Comfort of Lebanese Red Cross Healthcare Providers
Author(s) -
Omar Kheir,
Regan Watts,
Jouke Verlinden,
Alexis Jacoby,
Sam Smedts,
Jochen Vleugels,
Stijn Verwulgen
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
medical devices
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1470
DOI - 10.2147/mder.s362198
Subject(s) - respirator , health care , medicine , political science , materials science , law , composite material
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased the usage of various types of face masks. In addition, it triggered the rapid manufacture of new production lines of masks to cope with the unprecedented demand to overcome worldwide shortages. Such masks, which were previously used mostly by the health care personnel, became a daily necessity to the greater mainstream population. This rapid and sudden increase in their usage and the fact that new masks' innovations are progressively emerging to meet the growing global shortage requires an ongoing analysis on the factors associated with the fit and comfort while using these masks.