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Forgotten Technology in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Filtration Properties of Cloth and Cloth Masks—A Narrative Review

Abstract

Management of the global crisis of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic requires detailed appraisal of evidence to support clear, actionable, and consistent public health messaging. The use of cloth masks for general public use is being debated, and is in flux. We searched the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases and Google for articles reporting the filtration properties of flat cloth or cloth masks. We reviewed the reference lists of relevant …

Authors

Clase CM; Fu EL; Ashur A; Beale RCL; Clase IA; Dolovich MB; Jardine MJ; Joseph M; Kansiime G; Mann JFE

Journal

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 95, No. 10, pp. 2204–2224

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

October 2020

DOI

10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.07.020

ISSN

0025-6196