SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

Ensayos extraídos del pódcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2019ResPECTInfection & AntimicrobialsIn2862 outpatient health care personnel,N95 respiratorsdid not reducelaboratory-confirmed influenzacompared withmedical masks.
• 2009Surgical Mask vs N95 Respirator for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care WorkersInfection & AntimicrobialsIn 446 hospital nurses, surgical masks were non-inferior to fit-tested N95 respirators for preventing laboratory-confirmed influenza.
• 2009Face Mask Use and Control of Respiratory Virus Transmission in HouseholdsInfection & AntimicrobialsIn 286 adults in households exposed to a child with respiratory illness, surgical or P2 masks did not reduce influenza-like illness compared with no mask.
• 2011Fit-tested and non-fit-tested N95 respirators versus medical masks in health care workersInfection & AntimicrobialsIn 1441 hospital health care workers in Beijing, N95 respirators, fit-tested or not, lowered respiratory infection rates compared with medical masks.
• 2016Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks in protecting health care workersInfection & AntimicrobialsIn health care workers exposed to acute respiratory infections, N95 respirators did not reduce laboratory-confirmed respiratory infection compared with surgical masks.