Quantitative fit testing with limited supplies of respirator masks in hospital personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic
Shanel Cameron A , Winston Cheung A B C E , Nigel Cronin D , Karina Griffiths D , Rhiannon Hunt A , Lesley Innes D , Mark Kol A B , Amy Lawrence A , Asim Shah A B , Katina Skylas A , Atul Wagh A B and The Sydney Local Health District Mask Fit Investigators (in alphabetical order)A Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia. Email: shanel.cameron@health.nsw.gov.au; Rhiannon.Hunt@health.nsw.gov.au; Mark.Kol@health.nsw.gov.au; Amy.Lawrence@health.nsw.gov.au; Asim.Shah@health.nsw.gov.au; Katina.Skylas@health.nsw.gov.au; Atul.Wagh@health.nsw.gov.au
B Sydney Medical School – Concord, University of Sydney, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia.
C The George Institute for Global Health – Australia, Level 5, 1 King Street, Newtown, NSW 2050, Australia.
D Centre for Education and Workforce Development, Sydney Local Health District, Rozelle Campus, Building 301, Callan Park, Balmain Road, Lilyfield, NSW 2039, Australia. Email: Nigel.Cronin@health.nsw.gov.au; Karina.Griffiths@health.nsw.gov.au; Lesley.Innes@health.nsw.gov.au
E Corresponding author. Email: winston.cheung@health.nsw.gov.au
Australian Health Review 44(4) 542-543 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH20154
Submitted: 25 June 2020 Accepted: 30 June 2020 Published: 28 July 2020
Journal Compilation © AHHA 2020 Open Access CC BY
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