Scientific Collaboration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: N95DECON.org.

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Tytuł:: Scientific Collaboration During the COVID-19 Pandemic: N95DECON.org.
Autorzy:: Rempel D; Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 2330 Post St suite 460, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Źródło:: Annals of work exposures and health [Ann Work Expo Health] 2020 Oct 08; Vol. 64 (8), pp. 775-777.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Original Publication: [Oxford] : Oxford University Press, [2017]-
MeSH Terms:: International Cooperation*
Respiratory Protective Devices*/supply & distribution
Respiratory Protective Devices*/virology
Coronavirus Infections/*prevention & control
Decontamination/*methods
Pandemics/*prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral/*prevention & control
Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Equipment Contamination ; Equipment Reuse ; Humans ; Occupational Exposure/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2
References:: Ann Occup Hyg. 2009 Nov;53(8):815-27. (PMID: 19805391)
Contributed Indexing:: Keywords: decontamination; infectious disease; pandemic; personal protective equipment
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20200614 Date Completed: 20201015 Latest Revision: 20210110
Update Code:: 20240105
PubMed Central ID:: PMC7314228
DOI:: 10.1093/annweh/wxaa057
PMID:: 32533166
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Many academics and researchers have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by forming on-line national and international collaborative groups to rapidly investigate issues of prevention and treatment. This commentary describes the spontaneous formation of an international team of 115 researchers who summarized the literature on safe methods for decontaminating N95 filtering facepiece respirators in response to the supply crisis. The summary reports and fact sheets on the (www.n95decon.org) website have had more than 200 000 unique visits and the organization's webinars have reached health care professionals from more than 50 countries. The team is extending its mission to cover other personal protective equipment. The success of these collaborations may alter how scientific questions are tackled in the future.
(© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society.)

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