Shinde Priyanka P, Desai Varsha P, Katkar Smita V, Oza Kavita S, Kamat R K, Thakar Chetan M
Government College of Engineering, Karad, India.
V.P. Institute of Management Studies & Research, Sangli, India.
Mater Today Proc. 2022;51:2471-2475. doi: 10.1016/j.matpr.2021.11.620. Epub 2021 Dec 17.
Corona Virus is spreading at an alarming rate in community causing respiratory diseases like SARS and MERS, which has laid down Government agencies and healthcare organizations to adopt and recommend various strategies in order to cease the spread of corona virus. Till the dawn of Vaccine, only available cost-effective preventive aid is the use of face mask. Since the outbreak of covid-19, demand for the face mask has been increased tremendously which has led to the shortage of face mask. Various masks are available in the market, but reuse and decontamination of reusable face mask has become the topic of concern. Commonly available masks in market are N-95, Medical/Surgical Mask and cloth masks. N-95 and Respirators should be reserved for frontline primary Healthcare professionals which are involved in High-risk aerosol generating procedures, while Surgical and medical mask should be used by secondary healthcare professionals and cloth masks by General public.
冠状病毒正在社区以惊人的速度传播，引发了如非典和中东呼吸综合征等呼吸道疾病，这使得政府机构和医疗组织采取并推荐各种策略以阻止冠状病毒的传播。在疫苗出现之前，唯一可用的具有成本效益的预防措施就是使用口罩。自新冠疫情爆发以来，口罩的需求急剧增加，导致了口罩短缺。市场上有各种各样的口罩，但可重复使用口罩的重复使用和消毒已成为人们关注的话题。市场上常见的口罩有N95口罩、医用/外科口罩和布口罩。N95口罩和呼吸器应留给参与高风险气溶胶生成程序的一线初级医疗保健专业人员，而二级医疗保健专业人员应使用外科和医用口罩，普通公众则使用布口罩。
