Mask Use in the Setting of Viral Illness Outbreaks

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What do we know about use of masks in viral illness pandemics? What about asymptomatic carries of COVID-19?

• Lai Asx Carrier Resp Dx Pneumon COVID 19 J Micro Imm Inf 2020

What are surgical and N95 mask effectiveness in HCW?

• Loeb N95 vs Surgical Mask Influenza HCW JAMA 2009

Medical mask vs N95 in respiratory disease?

• MacIntyre N95 vs Medical Mask Resp Infect HCW Influenza Resp Inf 2011

Medical mask vs N95 in respiratory disease?

• MacIntyre RCT N95 vs Medical Mask Resp Infect HCW Amer J Resp Crit Care Med 2013

Face masks in respiratory disease?

• MacIntyre Face Masks Respirators Mask Resp Infect HCW Prev Med 2014

Surgical mask vs N95 in HCW?

• Radonovich N95 vs Surgical Mask Influenza HCW JAMA 2019

What are cotton and surgical mask effectiveness?

• Bae Mask effectiveness COVID 19 Ann Int Med April 2020

What are surgical and N95 mask effectiveness?

• Bartoszko Mask medical N95 effectiveness COVID 19 Influenza April 2020

What are evidence based guidelines regarding mask use?

• Chughtai EB Policies Guides Mask Use HCW BMC Res Notes 2013

What are respiratory protection practices?

• Wizner Explore Resp Protect Practices HC Setting J Occ Env Hygiene 2018

What is rational mask use?

• Feng Rational Mask Use Lancet Resp 2020

What are HCW attitudes regarding mask use?

• Brandt Attitudes HCW Toward Masks Influenza Resp Virus 2011

What are the challenges in medical supplies?

• Wang Challenges Medical Supplies BioSci Trends 2020