Exploring options for reprocessing of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators (N95-FFRs) amidst COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.
PLoS One
; 15(11): e0242474, 2020.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-937231
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is global shortage of Personal Protective Equipment due to COVID-19 pandemic. N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators (N95-FFRs) provide respiratory protection against respiratory pathogens including SARS-CoV-2. There is scant literature on reprocessing methods which can enable reuse of N95-FFRs.AIM:
We conducted this study to evaluate research done, prior to COVID-19 pandemic, on various decontamination methods for reprocessing of N95-FFRs.METHODS:
We searched 5 electronic databases (Pubmed, Google Scholar, Crossref, Ovid, ScienceDirect) and 1 Grey literature database (OpenGrey). We included original studies, published prior to year 2020, which had evaluated any decontamination method on FFRs. Studies had evaluated a reprocessing method against parameters namely physical changes, user acceptability, respirator fit, filter efficiency, microbicidal efficacy and presence of chemical residues post-reprocessing. FINDINGS ANDCONCLUSIONS:
Overall, we found 7887 records amongst which 17 original research articles were finally included for qualitative analysis. Overall, 21 different types of decontamination or reprocessing methods for N95-FFRs were evaluated. Most commonly evaluated method for reprocessing of FFRs was Ultraviolet (Type-C) irradiation (UVGI) which was evaluated in 13/17 (76%) studies. We found published literature was scant on this topic despite warning signs of pandemic of a respiratory illness over the years. Promising technologies requiring expeditious evaluation are UVGI, Microwave generated steam (MGS) and based on Hydrogen peroxide vapor. Global presence of technologies, which have been given Emergency use authorisation for N95-FFR reprocessing, is extremely limited. Reprocessing of N95-FFRs by MGS should be considered for emergency implementation in resource limited settings to tackle shortage of N95-FFRs. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW IDENTIFIER PROSPERO, PROSPERO ID CRD42020189684, (https//www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42020189684).
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Colección:
Bases de datos internacionales
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dispositivos de Protección Respiratoria
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Descontaminación
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Desinfección
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Equipo Reutilizado
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Máscaras
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio experimental
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Investigación cualitativa
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Revisiones
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Revisión sistemática/Meta análisis
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
PLoS One
Asunto de la revista:
Ciencia
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Medicina
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Journal.pone.0242474
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