FEASIBILITY OF REUSING PFF2 RESPIRATORS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BRAZIL: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Autor:	Daniela Silva dos Santos Schneider, Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães, João Lucas Campos de Oliveira, Ana Karina Silva da Rocha Tanaka
Jazyk:	English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	Coronavirus infections Nursing Evidence-Based Nursing Sterilization Health Services Administration. RT1-120 Medicine (General) R5-920 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Zdroj:	Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 29 (2024)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1414-8536 2176-9133
Popis:	Objective: Evaluate the feasibility of decontaminating PFF2 respirators in pandemic situations. Method: Quasi-experiment in a public hospital in South Brazil between April and June 2021. The sample consisted of PFF2 respirators used for six and 42 hours in the intensive care unit, divided into groups (usage time and types of intervention) and a control group. They were evaluated for resistance, integrity, and flammability. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to compare multiple groups to verify whether the respirator remained safe after decontamination, among the different treatments and the mask usage time. Results: There was a significant difference in filter efficiency (p=0.002) and resistance (p
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