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Medical Microbiology • Braz. J. Microbiol. 37 (3) • Sept 2006 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822006000300003 linkcopy

Open-access Influence of wearing time on efficacy of disposable surgical masks as microbial barrier

Influência do tempo de utilização de máscaras cirúrgicas descartáveis na sua eficácia como barreira microbiana

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    Abstracts

    The present study evaluated the efficacy of disposable surgical masks as a microbial barrier with 95% of Bacteria Filtration Efficacy (BFE) according to the wearing time (1, 2, 4 and 6 hours). The masks showed a decrease in efficacy after a 4-hour wearing time.

    surgical masks; hospital infection; microbial barrier

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