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Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic

Cilt: 45 Sayı: 3 30 Eylül 2020
Pugazhenthan Thangaraju *, Mahesh Kumar Balasundaram , Meenalotchını Gurunthalıngam , Sajıtha Venkatesan , Eswaran Thangaraju
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Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic

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COVID-19, the current global pandemic is of tremendous concern to the occupational health community, because health care professionals would face the greatest risk of exposure. There are various rumors and myths circulating in the social media and other various online platforms regarding the reuse of N-95 respirators during the pandemic situation and hence it is essential to explore this current scenario based on the working mechanism and various decontamination and reuse strategies of N-95 respirators. Although various modes of disinfection of N95 respirators discussed above, the prime necessity is the vigilance of each and every method of disinfection. Improper method of disinfection is dangerous since it serves as the source of infection of COVID-19 and various other life threatening infections.

Anahtar Kelimeler

mask, vigilance, COVID 19

Kaynakça

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Yazarlar

Mahesh Kumar Balasundaram Bu kişi benim
0000-0003-1786-1336
India

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Eylül 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

6 Mayıs 2020

Kabul Tarihi

31 Mayıs 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 45 Sayı: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.733024

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA73PG22XB

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RIS / Bibtex
APA
Thangaraju, P., Balasundaram, M. K., Gurunthalıngam, M., Venkatesan, S., & Thangaraju, E. (2020). Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic. Cukurova Medical Journal, 45(3), 1253-1256. https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.733024
AMA
1.Thangaraju P, Balasundaram MK, Gurunthalıngam M, Venkatesan S, Thangaraju E. Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic. Cukurova Med J. 2020;45(3):1253-1256. doi:10.17826/cumj.733024
Chicago
Thangaraju, Pugazhenthan, Mahesh Kumar Balasundaram, Meenalotchını Gurunthalıngam, Sajıtha Venkatesan, ve Eswaran Thangaraju. 2020. “Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic”. Cukurova Medical Journal 45 (3): 1253-56. https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.733024.
EndNote
Thangaraju P, Balasundaram MK, Gurunthalıngam M, Venkatesan S, Thangaraju E (01 Eylül 2020) Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic. Cukurova Medical Journal 45 3 1253–1256.
IEEE
[1]P. Thangaraju, M. K. Balasundaram, M. Gurunthalıngam, S. Venkatesan, ve E. Thangaraju, “Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic”, Cukurova Med J, c. 45, sy 3, ss. 1253–1256, Eyl. 2020, doi: 10.17826/cumj.733024.
ISNAD
Thangaraju, Pugazhenthan - Balasundaram, Mahesh Kumar - Gurunthalıngam, Meenalotchını - Venkatesan, Sajıtha - Thangaraju, Eswaran. “Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic”. Cukurova Medical Journal 45/3 (01 Eylül 2020): 1253-1256. https://doi.org/10.17826/cumj.733024.
JAMA
1.Thangaraju P, Balasundaram MK, Gurunthalıngam M, Venkatesan S, Thangaraju E. Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic. Cukurova Med J. 2020;45:1253–1256.
MLA
Thangaraju, Pugazhenthan, vd. “Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic”. Cukurova Medical Journal, c. 45, sy 3, Eylül 2020, ss. 1253-6, doi:10.17826/cumj.733024.
Vancouver
1.Pugazhenthan Thangaraju, Mahesh Kumar Balasundaram, Meenalotchını Gurunthalıngam, Sajıtha Venkatesan, Eswaran Thangaraju. Reuse or use wisely N95 mask in COVID 19 Pandemic. Cukurova Med J. 01 Eylül 2020;45(3):1253-6. doi:10.17826/cumj.733024
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