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Reused duckbill N95 masks have higher fit test failure rate than dome-shaped masks

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Reused duckbill N95 masks have higher fit test failure rate than dome-shaped masks Healio During a recent shift in the ED, Nida F. Degesys, MD, redonned her used duckbill N95 mask and thought to herself, “Does this mask still fit my face properly?” “I, like many front-line providers, have been concerned about becoming infected with COVID-19,” Degesys, a clinical assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine at University of California, San Francisco, told Healio. “With the CDC’s personal protective equipment guidelines changing so rapidly, I found myself wondering whether the N95 that I was reusing was still protecting me.” READ MORE

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