Respiratory protection for healthcare workers treating Ebola virus disease (EVD): are facemasks sufficient to meet occupational health and safety obligations?

Int J Nurs Stud. 2014 Nov;51(11):1421-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.09.002. Epub 2014 Sep 8.

¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: r.macintyre@unsw.edu.au.
² School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia.
³ University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa; Critical Care Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁴ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA; University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

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Keywords: Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Facemasks; Healthcare workers; Respirators.

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