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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 216-217Publisher
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DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822006000300003
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surgical masks; hospital infection; microbial barrier
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The present study evaluated the efficacy of disposable surgical masks as a microbial barrier with 95% of Bacteria Filtration Efficacy (BFE) according to the wearing time (1, 2, 4 and 6 hours). The masks showed a decrease in efficacy after a 4-hour wearing time.
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