Performance Evaluation of Commercially Available Masks in Korea for Filtering Airborne Droplets Containing Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health threat and has posed a challenge for society and social care services as well as healthcare systems. Due to the risks involved in being exposed to the virus, public health actions such as wearing masks and physical distancing are necessary to reduce its spread. However, using non-validated masks is a serious issue as such masks may provide inadequate protection against airborne bioaerosol transmission, resulting in the spread of the virus. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the filtering performances of the masks against bioaerosols as well as particulate matter (PM). Here, we evaluated the filtering performances of sixteen different masks (four brands each of woven, antidroplet, KF80, and KF94 masks) commercially available

SUBMITTER: Lee EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8345791 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature