Evaluation and discussion of handmade face-masks and commercial diving-equipment as personal protection in pandemic scenarios.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pandemic scenarios like the current Corona outbreak show the vulnerability of both globalized markets and just-in-time production processes for urgent medical equipment. Even usually cheap personal protection equipment becomes excessively expensive or is not deliverable at all. To avoid dangerous situations especially to medical professionals, but also to affected patients, 3D-printer and maker-communities have teamed up to develop and print shields, masks and adapters to help the medical personnel. In this study, we investigate three home-made respiratory masks for filter and protection efficacy and discuss the results and legal aspects.

Materials and methods

A home-printed respiratory mask with a commercial filter, a scuba-diving mask with a commercial filter and

SUBMITTER: Gierthmuehlen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7437915 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature