The authors respond to “Disinfection of N95 respirators”

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 27 Sep 2020 English Publisher:CMA Impact Inc.Journal:Canadian Medical Association Journal, volume 192, pages E1135-E1135 (issn: 0820-3946, eissn: 1488-2329,

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Authors: Simeon C, Daeschler;

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.76523

pmid: 32989029

pmc: PMC7532012

The authors respond to “Disinfection of N95 respirators”

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Abstract

We believe Dr. Ponsford’s question[1][1] may be of interest to other CMAJ readers and thus would like to share our perspective on the domestic use of N95 respirator heat treatment. We tested thermal disinfection in 4 common N95 respirator models (8110s, 9105s, 8210, and 1860s; All 3M). After 10

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Keywords

Disinfection, Hot Temperature, Ventilators, Mechanical, N95 Respirators, SARS-CoV-2, Masks, COVID-19, Humans

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