Development of a rapid, multi-organisational, multi-modal assessment of a newly available disposable respirator.

Autor: Ng I; Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, 3050, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3050, Australia. Electronic address: Irene.Ng@mh.org.au., Bodas C; Respiratory Protection Program, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, 3050, Australia., Roberts M; Respiratory Protection Program, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, 3050, Australia., Coe A; Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, 3168, Australia., Smith M; Respiratory Protection Program, Albury Wodonga Health, Vermont Street, Wodonga, 3690, Australia., McCann H; Respiratory Protection Program, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, 3168, Australia., Williams DL; Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, 3050, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3050, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Infection, disease & health [Infect Dis Health] 2024 Aug; Vol. 29 (3), pp. 124-129. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 11.
DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.03.002
Abstrakt: Background: A rapid large-scale evaluation of a newly available duckbill style P2/N95 respirator, the Care Essentials (CE) MSK-003, was required to determine its suitability for deployment into the Victorian healthcare service. The aims of this study were to assess the feasibility of establishing a rapid, multi-organisational and multi-modal evaluation of the respirator, and to investigate whether this respirator would meet the needs of healthcare workers.
Methods: The evaluation was a collaboration among three healthcare organisations - two tertiary hospitals in metropolitan Melbourne and a rural-based hospital. Participants were healthcare workers undertaking their routine fit tests. They were required to complete quantitative fit testing and a usability assessment survey on the CE MSK-003 respirator. The a priori performance criteria were set as fit test pass rate of >70%, plus satisfactory subjective overall comfort and performance assessments, defined as a rating of adequate, good, or very good in >90% of the cohort.
Results: A total of 1070 participants completed the multi-modal assessment within a month. Seventy-eight percent of participants passed their quantitative fit test. Over 90% of survey respondents reported that the CE MSK-003 was adequate, good or very good in terms of its overall comfort and performance assessments.
Conclusion: We demonstrated that a multi-modal evaluation of a new respirator can be rapidly conducted with a high level of participation in a controlled, consistent manner across multiple organisations. The evaluation results of the CE MSK-003 respirator exceeded our predetermined (a priori) minimal criteria, making it suitable for broad distribution to healthcare organisations.
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