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Examining the protection efficacy of face shields against cough aerosol droplets using water sensitive papers

2020-07-07

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Simple plastic face shields have many advantages compared to regular medical masks. They are easily cleaned for reuse and comfortable to wear. In light of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, the potential of face shields as a substitution for medical masks, as a recommendation to the general population, was tested. Testing the efficacy of the protective equipment utilized a cough simulator that was carefully tuned to...

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Literature Corpus work: 9d591783-92d8-544b-b135-9cae36e001ff
DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.06.20147090

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