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Title: | Pass rates of four P2/N95 respirators or filtering facepiece respirators in Australian healthcare providers: A prospective observational study. | Austin Authors: | Low, Caitlin Sr;Ngui, Sean Z;Casey, Matthew J;Vuong, Chloe;Afroz, Afsana;Sengupta, Shomik ;Weinberg, Laurence | Affiliation: | Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia.;Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Department of Occupational Health and Safety, Emergency Management and Wellbeing, Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.;Department of Urology, Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia. Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Anaesthesia Surgery |
Issue Date: | Jul-2023 | Date: | 2023 | Publication information: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2023-07; 51(4) | Abstract: | P2/N95 respirators or filtering facepiece respirators may not have the same pass rate on quantitative fit testing. The aim of this study was to investigate the pass rate of four commonly used filtering facepiece respirators in Australian healthcare providers. The secondary objectives included assessing the ease of donning, doffing and comfort of wearing these four filtering facepiece respirators for more than 30 minutes. A multivariable analysis was also conducted to assess if certain variables (e.g. age, sex, body mass index, ethnicity, facial width and length) were associated with passing or failing fit testing. We conducted a prospective observational study of 150 hospital staff who presented for fit testing in a metropolitan hospital in Victoria, Australia. The order of the four filtering facepiece respirators being tested was randomised. A Cochran's Q test was used to test the global null hypothesis that all four filtering facepiece respirators being tested have the same pass rate. A difference in pass rate was found between the four filtering facepiece respirators that were tested (P < 0.001). The 3M™ Aura 1870+ (3M Australia Pty Ltd, North Ryde, NSW) had the highest pass rate (83%) followed by the 3M™ 1860 (3M Australia Pty Ltd, North Ryde, NSW) (61%), BSN ProShield™ N95 (BSN Medical, Mulgrave, Victoria) (55%) and the BYD DE2322 N95 (BYD Care, Los Angeles, CA, USA) (44%). There was also a difference in the ease of donning, doffing and comfort. Therefore, healthcare facilities that perform fit testing should take these factors into consideration when designing an effective respiratory protection programme. | URI: | https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/33198 | DOI: | 10.1177/0310057X231154017 | ORCID: | 0000-0003-4397-1053 0000-0001-7403-7680 |
Journal: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | Start page: | 310057X231154017 | PubMed URL: | 37340723 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | Infection anaesthesia anaesthesia infections and immune disorders intensive care medicine nosocomial infection perioperative anaesthesia quality assurance anaesthesia respiratory anaesthesia |
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