• Enfermería clínica · Feb 2021

    Review

    Limited Reuse and Extended Use of Filtering Facepiece Respirators.

    • María Consuelo Company Sancho, Esther González-María, and Eva Abad-Corpa.
    • Servicio de Promoción de la Salud, Dirección General de Salud Pública. Servicio Canario de la Salud (Investén-isciii). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, España. Electronic address: ccomsan@gobiernodecanarias.org.
    • Enferm Clin. 2021 Feb 1; 31 Suppl 1: S78-S83.

    AimPersonal protective equipment (PPE), including respirators, is essential in a pandemic like COVID-19, which has required, on many occasions, the reuse of material due to its shortage. The aim of this review is to summarize available evidence on the reuse and extended use of filtering facepiece respirator.MethodScoping review. Search through natural language in PUBMED and Centers, Agencies and Organizations for Disease Control. Limited to articles published between 2010-2020 in English and Spanish.Results83 articles were located, 14 were selected, plus 5 recommendations. The topics included in this study are classified in 7 sections: expiration, extended use and reuse of masks, handling techniques, sealing, physical-psychological effects and compliance, contamination and decontamination of respirators.ConclusionsThe reuse of masks is not recommended by official organizations or manufacturers, and is only accepted in extraordinary cases, such as pandemics. The studies are characterized by having small samples, using different models of respirators adjusting their recommendation to the model.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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