Effect of extended use N95 respirators and eye protection on personal protective equipment (PPE) utilization during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Singapore

Glorijoy Shi En Tan; Kyaw Zaw Linn; Margaret Mei Ling Soon; Shawn Vasoo; Monica Chan; Bee Fong Poh; Oon-Tek Ng; Brenda Sze-Peng Ang; Yee-Sin Leo; Kalisvar Marimuthu

doi:10.1186/s13756-020-00753-2

Effect of extended use N95 respirators and eye protection on personal protective equipment (PPE) utilization during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Singapore

Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Jun 15;9(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00753-2.

Authors

Glorijoy Shi En Tan^{1

2}, Kyaw Zaw Linn³, Margaret Mei Ling Soon^{3

4}, Shawn Vasoo^{3

4}, Monica Chan^{3

4}, Bee Fong Poh⁴, Oon-Tek Ng^{3

4

5}, Brenda Sze-Peng Ang^{3

4}, Yee-Sin Leo^{3

4

5

6}, Kalisvar Marimuthu^{3

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, 16 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308442, Singapore. [email protected].
² Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433, Singapore. [email protected].
³ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, 16 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308442, Singapore.
⁴ Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433, Singapore.
⁵ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, 11 Mandalay Road, Singapore, 308232, Singapore.
⁶ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore.

No abstract available

Keywords: Extended use N95 respirator; Personal protective equipment; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Eye Protective Devices*
Humans
Infection Control / instrumentation*
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Masks*
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Personal Protective Equipment / standards*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
SARS-CoV-2
Singapore / epidemiology