Re: Respirators and surgical facemasks for COVID-19: implications for MRI
| Autor: | M.M. Hannan, John G. Murray, P.J. Gilligan, J.M. Bisset, O.M. Murray |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
business.product_category Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral Medical care Article Betacoronavirus Pandemic Health care medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Respirator Pandemics Personal protective equipment biology SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Virology Disease control Pneumonia Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical emergency Coronavirus Infections Airway business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Radiology |
| ISSN: | 0009-9260 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crad.2020.06.004 |
| Popis: | COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020.1 It is a disease spread by aerosol droplets from the airway of infected patients.2 Tens of thousands of affected patients are presenting worldwide for medical care. A small percentage of these patients may require magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for comorbidities. The European Centre for Disease Control recommends healthcare workers use a class 2 or 3 filtering face piece respirator (FFP2 or FFP3), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend an N95 respirator (equivalent to FFP2 and FFP3), or facemask if a respirator is not available, when managing a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 infection.3 , 4 As a result, staff accompanying patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 are likely to be wearing respirators when they arrive at the MRI room. MRI staff may also be wearing a respirator as part of their personal protective equipment when dealing with these patients. These staff members may not be aware that respirators and facemasks do not have MRI safety documentation and as such require testing.5 The purpose of this study was to assess a range of currently available respirators and a facemask for the presence of ferromagnetic properties. |
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