Performance and impact of disposable and reusable respirators for healthcare workers during pandemic respiratory disease: a rapid evidence review

Christopher Burton; Briana Coles; Anil Adisesh; Simon Smith; Elaine Toomey; Xin Hui S Chan; Lawrence Ross; Trisha Greenhalgh

doi:10.1136/oemed-2020-107058

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Performance and impact of disposable and reusable respirators for healthcare workers during pandemic respiratory disease: a rapid evidence review

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Christopher Burton Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, The University of Sheffield Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health, Sheffield, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Briana Coles Leicester Real World Evidence Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anil Adisesh Occupational Medicine, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Simon Smith Canadian Standards Biological Aerosols Group, Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elaine Toomey School of Allied Health, University of Limerick Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Limerick, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xin Hui S Chan Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lawrence Ross Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Trisha Greenhalgh Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Christopher Burton, Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, The University of Sheffield Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health, Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; chris.burton{at}sheffield.ac.uk

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Burton C, Coles B, Adisesh A, et al

Performance and impact of disposable and reusable respirators for healthcare workers during pandemic respiratory disease: a rapid evidence review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2021;78:679-690.

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Received September 21, 2020
Revised October 29, 2020
Accepted November 20, 2020
First published January 27, 2021.

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January 09, 2022

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