Journal article
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