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Alternative Title:
J Clin Monit Comput
Personal Author:
Kim, Jung-Hyun ; Roberge, Raymond J. ; Powell, Jeffrey B.
Kim, Jung-Hyun ; Roberge, Raymond J. ; Powell, Jeffrey B. Less -
Description:
To determine the impact of wearing an N95 filtering facepiece respirator (N95 FFR) on tympanic temperature measurements. TMT measurements, with and without wearing an N95 filtering facepiece respirator (N95 FFR) were obtained at the onset and termination of 1 h of treadmill exercise in 21 subjects, and at staggered time intervals (0, 20, 40, 60 min) during combined sedentary activity and exercise of another 46 subjects, to determine any effect on TMT. A total of 877 TMT measurements were obtained that demonstrated a mean TMT increase of 0.05 °C in the first study group (p = 0.04) and a 0.19 °C decrease in the second study group (p < 0.001) with the wearing of an N95 FFR, both of which were lower than controls. Wearing an N95 FFR for 1 h, at different levels of activity, results in significantly lower TMT values than not wearing an N95 FFR, but the magnitude of the changes would likely have minimal clinical significance.
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Adult Body Temperature Exercise False Negative Reactions Female Fever Humans Male Masks N95 Respirators Respiratory Protective Devices Thermometers Tympanic Membrane Young Adult
Source:
J Clin Monit Comput. 29(6):691-695
Pubmed ID:
25527258
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4475498
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:b41d29cf568519240b210a78608dd1c476d41bdc597f05ece29e99fa4c1d2192
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31727/cdc_31727_DS1.pdf
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