@article{bf3de82d4efa4c738529deedd6946c6a,
title = "N95 filtering face piece respirators remain effective after extensive reuse during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic",
abstract = "In a cross-sectional evaluation of healthcare worker reuse of their own 3M N95 respirators, 83% (76/92) passed the seal check and the fit-test after a median of 40 repeated donnings. User seal-check failure correlated with fit-test failure, and it may help HCWs recognize when to appropriately discard a reused N95. ",
author = "Valeria Fabre and Cosgrove, {Sara E.} and Hsu, {Yea Jen} and Jones, {George F.} and Taylor Helsel and James Bukowski and Mark Sobota and Sick-Samuels, {Anna C.} and Milstone, {Aaron M.} and Maragakis, {Lisa L.} and Clare Rock",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epicenter Program (COVID-19 supplement to grant no. 6 U01CK000554-02-02).",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1017/ice.2021.76",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "42",
pages = "896--899",
journal = "Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology",
issn = "0899-823X",
publisher = "University of Chicago Press",
number = "7",
}