The efficacy of medical masks and respirators against respiratory infection in healthcare workers

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 511-517

  MacIntyre, Chandini Raina ^a,b   Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad ^a   Rahman, Bayzidur ^a   Peng, Yang ^c   Zhang, Yi ^c   Seale, Holly ^a   Wang, Xiaoli ^c   Wang, Quanyi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Beijing Municipal Center of Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

droplet infections; healthcare workers; influenza; masks; medical masks; respirators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; INFLUENZA; LABORATORY TECHNIQUE; MASK; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MASKS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85035137579     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12474     Document Type: Article

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