Departments of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.
Perioperative Services, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis, MO.
J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Aug;231(2):275-280. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.04.029. Epub 2020 Apr 27.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) has been an invaluable yet limited resource when it comes to protecting healthcare workers against infection during the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the US, N95 respirator supply chains are severely strained and conservation strategies are needed. A multidisciplinary team at the Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, and BJC Healthcare was formed to implement a program to disinfect N95 respirators. The process described extends the life of N95 respirators using vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) disinfection and allows healthcare workers to retain their own N95 respirator across a large metropolitan healthcare system.
在 2019 年冠状病毒(COVID-19)大流行期间,个人防护设备(PPE)是保护医护人员免受感染的宝贵但有限的资源。在美国,N95 呼吸器的供应链严重紧张,需要采取保护策略。华盛顿大学医学院、巴恩斯犹太医院和 BJC 医疗保健公司的一个多学科团队成立,以实施一项 N95 呼吸器消毒计划。所描述的过程使用汽化过氧化氢(VHP)消毒来延长 N95 呼吸器的使用寿命,并允许医护人员在一个大型大都市医疗保健系统中保留自己的 N95 呼吸器。