Surgical face masks and downward dispersal of bacteria

The ability of face masks to prevent forward dispersal of bacteria is offset by the possibility that they may increase vertical shedding of bacteria from the face during facial movement. To investigate this, a blood agar plate was placed 30 cm directly below the lips of 20 volunteers who were encour...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Anaesthesia 1998-07, Vol.53 (7), p.624-626
Hauptverfasser:	McLure, H. A., Talboys, C. A., Yentis, S. M., Azadian, B. S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Anesthesiology - instrumentation Bacteria - growth & development Bacterial Infections - prevention & control Bacterial Infections - transmission Biological and medical sciences Colony Count, Microbial Complications bacterial contamination Equipment surgical face masks Female Humans Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient - prevention & control Male Masks Medical sciences Miscellaneous Movement Time Factors
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