Personal Protective Equipment N95 Facemask Shortage Quick Fix: The Modified Airway From VEntilatoR Circuit (MAVerIC).
coronavirus
covid-19
facemask
facemask shortage
healthcare worker safety
n-95 mask
n95 mask
patient safety
personal protective equipment
ppe shortage
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 May 2020
01 May 2020
Historique:
entrez:
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5
2020
pubmed:
23
5
2020
medline:
23
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We are in a crisis where healthcare providers on the frontlines are running out of the appropriate personal protective equipment including N95 masks and power air-purifying respirators. Here, we propose a makeshift filter mask that we call the Modified Airway from VEntilatoR Circuit (MAVerIC) that can be assembled within seconds using widely available supplies routinely utilized by anesthesia providers in the operating room to provide practitioners on the frontlines with the high standard of protection of a N95 mask during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and can be easily quantitatively "fit tested" to ensure no significant leak to optimize safety and efficacy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32440384
doi: 10.7759/cureus.7914
pmc: PMC7237167
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e7914Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020, Convissar et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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