Use, reuse or discard: quantitatively defined variance in N95 respirator integrity following vaporized hydrogen peroxide decontamination during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carly LevineCourtney GradyThomas BlockPatricia Fitzgerald-BocarslyRiccardo RussoBlas PeixotoAlexis FreesAlejandro RuizDavid Alland

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2020)

Our data revealed variability in the integrity of different N95 models after VHP decontamination and exposed potential limitations of N95 decontamination and reuse programs.

Keyphrases

hydrogen peroxide
wastewater treatment
nitric oxide
public health
electronic health record
big data
machine learning
data analysis