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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
卷 49, 期 4, 页码 409-415出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.01.012
关键词
Aerosols; Respiratory particles; Nebulizer
The study showed that surgical masks alone provide good protection against aerosol transmission, surpassing the protection provided by face shields alone. Combining both surgical masks and face shields offers the best protection, although the overall protection is similar to using surgical masks alone.
Background: The protection against aerosol transmission provided by masks vs face shields or in combination when speaking indoors is not well understood. Methods: To simulate a human source, an aerosol generating system was made using a bacterial suspension in a nebulizer attached to an oxygen cylinder. A fan connected to the nebulizer created aerosols. Transmitted aerosols were detected using blood agar plates at 0.1524 and 1.8288 meters from source, simulating exposed person. The study was performed under controlled conditions at room temperature in a biohazard hood with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter and UV light. Results: When face shields were used alone, significant numbers of bacterial colonies grew on blood agar plates. When a mask used alone for both the subjects (source and exposed), the blood agar yielded minimal colony forming units at both distances. When face shields were used in combination with masks, no signifi-cant improvement was observed as compared to masks alone. Discussion: Our results were similar to what have been observed in related studies. Conclusions: Surgical masks alone provided good protection, surpassing the protection provided by face shields alone. Both used together provided the best protection, although the combined protection was similar to surgical masks use alone. (c) 2021 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Background: The protection against aerosol transmission provided by masks vs face shields or in combination when speaking indoors is not well understood. Methods: To simulate a human source, an aerosol generating system was made using a bacterial suspension in a nebulizer attached to an oxygen cylinder. A fan connected to the nebulizer created aerosols. Transmitted aerosols were detected using blood agar plates at 0.1524 and 1.8288 meters from source, simulating exposed person. The study was performed under controlled conditions at room temperature in a biohazard hood with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter and UV light. Results: When face shields were used alone, significant numbers of bacterial colonies grew on blood agar plates. When a mask used alone for both the subjects (source and exposed), the blood agar yielded minimal colony forming units at both distances. When face shields were used in combination with masks, no significant improvement was observed as compared to masks alone. Discussion: Our results were similar to what have been observed in related studies. Conclusions: Surgical masks alone provided good protection, surpassing the protection provided by face shields alone. Both used together provided the best protection, although the combined protection was similar to surgical masks use alone. ? 2021 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All
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