Quantitative Fit Testing on Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Use by Peruvian Healthcare Workers Caring for Tuberculosis Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: PROFIT Study 2020

Quantitative Fit Testing on Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Use by Peruvian Healthcare Workers Caring for Tuberculosis Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: PROFIT Study 2020

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has promoted a shortage of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and the emergence of new FFRs brands. We aimed to determine the fit provided by in-use FFRs in Peruvian healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We enrolled 279 HCWs from 37 pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2023-08, Vol.20 (16), p.6618
Hauptverfasser: Inolopú, Jorge, Mayma, Kevin, Curisinche-Rojas, Maricela, Aylas, Rula, Flores, Juan A., Rosales-Rimache, Jaime
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Sprache:eng
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Aerosols
COVID-19
Enrollments
Health care
Medical personnel
Occupational health
Occupational safety
Pandemics
Tuberculosis
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Zusammenfassung:Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has promoted a shortage of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and the emergence of new FFRs brands. We aimed to determine the fit provided by in-use FFRs in Peruvian healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We enrolled 279 HCWs from 37 primary healthcare centers with highest burden of care for TB in Peru, of which 263 were assessed using quantitative fit tests (QNFT). Results were expressed as real-time fit factor (rt-FF) and overall fit factor (overall-FF), which was categorized as ≥100 (optimal result), 50–99, and
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph20166618