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Mashup Score: 6
Multiple studies and reports show that masks in schools are effective, safe, and necessary because COVID-19 is not going away.
Source: Infection Control TodayCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 2
Engineers at Rice University created a silicone face harness that drastically improves the protection offered by standard surgical masks against the spread of airborne droplets. The harness helps to reduce leakage around the sides of surgical masks and upgrades the protection they offer to approximately match that of higher specification N95 masks. The technology was originally developed…
Source: www.medgadget.comCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Brilliant design thinking: This harness developed by @RiceUniversity surgeons & engineers helps to reduce leakage around the sides of surgical #masks & upgrades their protection to approximately match that of higher spec #N95 masks https://t.co/x8Y2ROZdwn #PPE via @Medgadget https://t.co/Zone5J1XL9
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Mashup Score: 0Viewpoint: It's time to make respirators that fit everyone - 3 year(s) ago
Respirators need to be redesigned to fit everyone well, Saralyn Mark, MD, wrote for The Hill Feb. 16.
Source: www.beckershospitalreview.comCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#opinion It's time to make #respirators that fit everyone | #N95 #racialbias #medicaldevices https://t.co/Yb8NtVsbZT
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Mashup Score: 0Validation of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Decontamination Methods Available at a Large University Hospital - 3 year(s) ago
IDSA Reading Room Abstract
Source: www.medpagetoday.comCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
ICYMI: Due to unprecedented shortages in #N95 filtering facepiece respirators, healthcare systems have explored N95 reprocessing. #InfectiousDisease @IDSociety https://t.co/oRYT1Vz9Oq https://t.co/Vtkd2DI8Q5
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Mashup Score: 2
A well-designed, reusable rubber band can make surgical masks fit as well as N95s.
Source: Fast CompanyCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
We know by now that cloth masks and the old surgical masks are not enough for preventing #COVID. But it's also clear that not everybody in every region would be able to buy so many #N95 #masks. Here is an alternative solution in the form of a $10 add-on. https://t.co/fOUNtaN7uf
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Mashup Score: 8The Physics of the N95 Face Mask - 3 year(s) ago
You’ve seen them a million times. You might be wearing one right now. But do you know how they work to block a potentially virus-carrying respiratory blob?
Source: WiredCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Really insightful write-up in @WIRED re why #N95 masks work better: it's the physics! https://t.co/5vc2R6XQUQ A great explanation to share with your friends & loved ones, with #goodscience lessons baked in @EricTopol you will like this #VaccinesWork #COVID19 #publichealth https://t.co/CAGBiAZNcf
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Mashup Score: 0
Hospitals should take more aggressive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in hospitals amid the omicron driven surge, physicians from Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University and Stanford (Calif.) University wrote in an editorial piece published Jan. 24 in JAMA.
Source: www.beckershospitalreview.comCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
.@Harvard @Stanford physicians call for universal use of #N95 masks in #hospitals https://t.co/zolsQioFvk
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Mashup Score: 1New CDC Guidance: What Kind of Mask Is Best to Protect Against COVID-19? When Do I Need to Wear a Mask? - 3 year(s) ago
Learn why it’s so important to keep taking steps to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.
Categories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
The @CDCgov recently shared updated guidance about what type of #mask to wear and when. Here's what MSK's Chief Medical Epidemiologist @mini_kamboj says. #COVID19 #N95 https://t.co/l0NgJdrfzY
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Mashup Score: 0
The Biden administration will make 400 million N95 masks available to Americans for free starting next week, a White House official told CNN, the latest federal step aimed at reining in the US’ Covid-19 surge.
Source: CNNCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Biden administration to distribute 400 million #N95 masks to the public for free - @CNNPolitics https://t.co/VhPA0rZDuk
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Mashup Score: 0CDC to update mask recommendations as Omicron spreads - 3 year(s) ago
“The best mask that you wear is the one you will wear and the one you can keep on all day long,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
Source: www.mdedge.comCategories: Latest Headlines, OBGYNTweet-
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said they are preparing to update COVID-19 mask recommendations to emphasize the use of #N95 and #KN95 masks that better filter the virus. https://t.co/1DBSurFB5T https://t.co/vyGR1sQ7H3
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Multiple studies and reports show that masks in schools are effective, safe, and necessary because COVID-19 is not going away. https://t.co/4fmjGHhivw #Covid_19 #school #CDC #N95 #Rockefeller https://t.co/Qkf3uUAgnW