What We Are Learning from COVID-19 for Respiratory Protection: Contemporary and Emerging Issues

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• Personal Author:
  Lang J ; Li R ; Mandal S ; Passalacqua A ; Song G ; Subramaniam S ; Sun G ; Tang P ; Wang L ; Wu Y ; Zhang M
• Description:
  Infectious respiratory diseases such as the current COVID-19 have caused public health crises and interfered with social activity. Given the complexity of these novel infectious diseases, their dynamic nature, along with rapid changes in social and occupational environments, technology, and means of interpersonal interaction, respiratory protective devices (RPDs) play a crucial role in controlling infection, particularly for viruses like SARS-CoV-2 that have a high transmission rate, strong viability, multiple infection routes and mechanisms, and emerging new variants that could reduce the efficacy of existing vaccines. Evidence of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmissions further highlights the importance of a universal adoption of RPDs. RPDs have substantially improved over the past 100 years due to advances in technology, materials, and medical knowledge. However, several issues still need to be addressed such as engineering performance, comfort, testing standards, compliance monitoring, and regulations, especially considering the recent emergence of pathogens with novel transmission characteristics. In this review, we summarize existing knowledge and understanding on respiratory infectious diseases and their protection, discuss the emerging issues that influence the resulting protective and comfort performance of the RPDs, and provide insights in the identified knowledge gaps and future directions with diverse perspectives. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Health Personnel Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Respiratory Protective Device Biocidal Material Biocides COVID-19 Decontamination Emerging Technology Filtration Fit Fit Testing Healthcare Worker Health Care Workers Personal Protective Equipment PPE Respiratory Protective Equipment SARS-CoV-2

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• ISSN:
  2073-4360
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Iowa ; Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  23
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064171
• Citation:
  Polymers 2021 Dec; 13(23):4165
• Contact Point Address:
  Guowen Song, Department of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA
• Email:
  gwsong@iastate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  Iowa State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20210930
• Source Full Name:
  Polymers
• End Date:
  20250929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:51d351aed5e1cbe6513b5a48fed1dcdf0ca4ef35a329d1799100aa33bf10b259a398898270ff1b3bc2d8fae62a67700d024e3629a351cdd28388cac90e194f48
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222677/cdc_222677_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.62 MB ]