Decontamination interventions for the reuse of surgical mask personal protective equipment: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The high demand for personal protective equipment during the novel coronavirus outbreak has prompted the need to develop strategies to conserve supply. Little is known regarding decontamination interventions to allow for surgical mask reuse.

Aim

To identify and synthesize data from original research evaluating interventions to decontaminate surgical masks for the purpose of reuse.

Methods

MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, Global Health, the WHO COVID-19 database, Google Scholar, DisasterLit, preprint servers, and prominent journals from inception to April 8^th, 2020, were searched for prospective original research on decontamination interventions for surgical masks. Citation screening was conducted independently in duplicate. Study characteristics, interv

SUBMITTER: Zorko DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7347478 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature