Publication date: Sep 28, 2024
During COVID-19 pandemic, the general public used any face-worn products they could get to overcome the shortage of N95 respirators and surgical masks. These products, often not meeting any standards, raised concerns about their effectiveness in reducing the spread of respiratory viruses. This study quantified total outward leakage (TOL) of units from nine face-worn product categories used by members of the general public. A benchtop system was devised to test two units from each category on two different-sized headforms with silicone elastomer skin. Each unit was donned five times per headform. Both face-worn product category and headform size significantly affected TOL (P-Value
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Meeting | ASTM |
| Pandemic | Face covering |
| Silicone | Infection prevention |
| Surgical | Mask |
| Viruses | Public health |
| Respiratory protection |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | Infection |
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