Reuse of medical face masks in domestic and community settings without sacrificing safety: Ecological and economical lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132364
Abstract: The need for personal protective equipment increased exponentially in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. To cope with the mask shortage during springtime 2020, a French consortium was created to find ways to reuse medical and… read more here.
Keywords: reuse; medical masks; mask; reuse medical ... See more keywords
Healthcare workers’ knowledge and attitudes towards sterilization and reuse of medical devices in primary and secondary care public hospitals in Nepal: A multi-centre cross-sectional survey
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272248
Abstract: Background Healthcare facilities reprocess and sterilize reusable medical devices before each invasive clinical procedure, such as surgery, to prevent person-to-person or environmental transmission of pathogens through medical devices. We conducted a nationwide multi-centre cross-sectional survey… read more here.
Keywords: medical devices; reuse medical; survey; sterilization reuse ... See more keywords