N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel

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Clinical studies have been inconclusive about the effectiveness of N95 respirators and medical masks in preventing health care personnel (HCP) from acquiring workplace viral respiratory infections.

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Title: JAMA

Abbreviated Title: JAMA

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 0098-7484

Publication date Created: September 03 2019

Publication date (Print): September 03 2019

Volume: 322

Issue: 9

Page: 824

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[1 ]National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

[2 ]Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York

[3 ]New York University School of Medicine, New York

[4 ]Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Healthcare System, Denver

[5 ]University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora

[6 ]University of Massachusetts, Amherst

[7 ]University of Florida, Gainesville

[8 ]Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

[9 ]Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

[10 ]Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York

[11 ]Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC

[12 ]George Washington University School of Medical and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

[13 ]Veterans Affairs St Louis Healthcare System, St Louis, Missouri

[14 ]St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri

[15 ]Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora

[16 ]Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas

[17 ]Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

[18 ]Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado

[19 ]University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Article

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.11645

PMC ID: 6724169

PubMed ID: 31479137

SO-VID: 1129122a-9631-4269-8a66-5b28447e6d26

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