Efficacy of face masks and respirators in preventing upper respiratory tract bacterial colonization and co-infection in hospital healthcare workers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  MacIntyre, C Raina ^a,b   Wang, Quanyi ^c   Rahman, Bayzidur ^a   Seale, Holly ^a   Ridda, Iman ^a,b   Gao, Zhanhai ^a   Yang, Peng ^c   Shi, Weixian ^c   Pang, Xinghuo ^c   Zhang, Yi ^c   Moa, Aye ^a   Dwyer, Dominic E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial colonization; Healthcare workers; Hospitals; N95 respirators and medical masks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84894131507     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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