Qualitative Fit Testing of Medium-Size N95/FFP2 Respirators on Iranian Health CareWorkers

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HONARBAKHSH MARZIEH; JAHANGIRI MEHDI; GHAEM HALEH; GHORBANI MOHAMMAD; Omidvari Fatemeh; Amiri Khorasani Maryam; SHABANI FATEMEH

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Journal: Health Scope Year:2018 | Volume:7 | Issue:4 Page(s): 0-0

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Qualitative Fit Testing of Medium-Size N95/FFP2 Respirators on Iranian Health CareWorkers

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Respirator

Anthropometry

Medical Evaluation

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Background: How tight fitting Respirators fit on the users face is an important factor in their effectiveness. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the qualitative fitting of N95/FFP2 Respirators among Health Care Workers (HCWs) in six educational hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on 284 HCWs. They were using medium size Respirators of flat-fold FFP2 (3M-model; 8222 and SPC-model; 8226) and cup-shaped N95 Respirators (3M-model; 8210). At first, a Medical Evaluation questionnaire was completed by all employees. Qualitative fit testing was performed by JSP kit (Oxford, England). Critical face anthropometric dimensions in fitting of Respirators were measured using sliding caliper. All data analysis was performed with SPSS version 21 and STATA 13. Results: In this study, only 10. 6% of the participants passed the qualitative fit test. Cup-shaped Respirators had better fitting compared to flat-fold Respirators. A total of 10. 2% of the individuals who were using N95 Respirators were not medically competent to wear a Respirator. Most individuals who passed the fit test were placed in the medium cell (10%) of fit testing NIOSH Bivariate panel. Conclusions: Studied medium size of N95/FFP2 Respirators could not provide proper fitting on the face of Iranian HCWs. More studies with different sizesandmodelsof available Respirators in the Iranmarketis required tofindthemostappropriate Respirators to provide proper fit on Iranian HCWs.

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HONARBAKHSH, MARZIEH, JAHANGIRI, MEHDI, GHAEM, HALEH, GHORBANI, MOHAMMAD, Omidvari, Fatemeh, Amiri Khorasani, Maryam, & SHABANI, FATEMEH. (2018). Qualitative Fit Testing of Medium-Size N95/FFP2 Respirators on Iranian Health CareWorkers. HEALTH SCOPE, 7(4), 0-0. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/330485/en

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HONARBAKHSH MARZIEH, JAHANGIRI MEHDI, GHAEM HALEH, GHORBANI MOHAMMAD, Omidvari Fatemeh, Amiri Khorasani Maryam, SHABANI FATEMEH. Qualitative Fit Testing of Medium-Size N95/FFP2 Respirators on Iranian Health CareWorkers. HEALTH SCOPE[Internet]. 2018;7(4):0-0. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/330485/en

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MARZIEH HONARBAKHSH, MEHDI JAHANGIRI, HALEH GHAEM, MOHAMMAD GHORBANI, Fatemeh Omidvari, Maryam Amiri Khorasani, and FATEMEH SHABANI, “Qualitative Fit Testing of Medium-Size N95/FFP2 Respirators on Iranian Health CareWorkers,” HEALTH SCOPE, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 0–0, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/330485/en

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