Respiratory protection: what SARS-CoV-2 has taught us Journal Articles

abstract

• Purpose of reviewThis review summarizes the epidemiological evidence for respiratory personal protective equipment for SARA-CoV-2, a topic of considerable controversy.Recent findingsThe main findings are that the observational studies and non-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) randomized trials do not provide clear evidence that the N95 respirators offer superior protection over surgical masks. A randomized controlled trial on COVID-19 provides evidence that the absolute risk to healthcare workers over time using surgical masks is similar to N95 respirators.SummaryThe implications of the findings are that surgical masks and N95 respirators can be considered for respiratory protection in healthcare workers.

authors

• Loeb, Mark

status

• published 

publication date

• August 2023

has subject area

• 0605 Microbiology (FoR)
• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1108 Medical Microbiology (FoR)
• COVID-19 (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Masks (MeSH)
• Microbiology (Science Metrix)
• Personal Protective Equipment (MeSH)
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic (MeSH)
• Respiratory Protective Devices (MeSH)
• SARS-CoV-2 (MeSH)

published in

• Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases  Journal

keywords

• COVID-19
• Humans
• Masks
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
• Respiratory Protective Devices
• SARS-CoV-2

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/qco.0000000000000930

start page

• 276

end page

• 280

volume

• 36

issue

• 4