Size-Specific Filtration Performance of N95 Respirators After Decontamination by Moist Heat Incubation
See http://tny.im/ptj — Background: Decontamination and reuse of respirators have been proposed to mitigate the shortage of respirators during pandemics. The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)’s respirator filtration efficiency (FE) test has been used to confirm that decontamination procedures maintain minimum FE above 95% for N95s and similar respirators. However, it was hypothesized that the limited range of test particle sizes may not include the most penetrating particle size (MPPS) for all respirators, especially after decontamination by moist heat incubation (MHI). Materials and Methods: A custom-designed apparatus was used to measure size-specific FE for respirators…
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