Covid

Heat and Humidity for Bioburden Reduction of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a global shortage of single-use N95 filtering facepiece …

Loïc Anderegg, John M. Doyle, M. L. Gardel, A. Gupta, C. Hallas, Y. Lensky, N. G. Love, B. A. Lucas, E. Mazenc, C. Meisenhelder, A. Pillarisetti, D. Ranard, A. H. Squires, J. Vechakul, N. B. Vilas, S. Williams, D. Wilson, T. N. Chen

Validation of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Decontamination Methods Available at a Large University Hospital

Due to unprecedented shortages in N95 filtering facepiece respirators, healthcare systems have explored N95 reprocessing. No single, …

K. Wigginton, P. Arts, H. Clack, W. Fitzsimmons, M. Gamba, K. Harrison, W. LeBar, A. Lauring, L. Li, W. Roberts, N. Rockey, J. Torreblanca, C. Young, Loïc Anderegg, A. Cohn, John M. Doyle, C. Meisenhelder, L. Raskin, N. Love, K. Kaye

Assessment and mitigation of aerosol airborne SARS-CoV-2 transmission in laboratory and office environments

Bioaerosols are known to be an important transmission pathway for SARS-CoV-2. We report a framework for estimating the risk of …

Ben Augenbraun, Zack Lasner, Debayan Mitra, S. Prabhu, S. Raval, Hiromitsu Sawaoka, John M. Doyle

A Scalable Method of Applying Heat and Humidity for Decontamination of N95 Respirators During the COVID-19 Crisis

A lack of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFRs) during the COVID-19 crisis has placed healthcare workers at risk. It is important …

Loïc Anderegg, C. Meisenhelder, C. O. Ngooi, L. Liao, W. Xiao, S. Chu, Y. Cui, John M. Doyle

Effect of Dry Heat and Autoclave Decontamination Cycles on N95 FFRs

Current shortages of Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFRs) have created a demand for effective methods for N95 decontamination and …

C. Meisenhelder, Loïc Anderegg, A. Preecha, C. O. Ngooi, L. Liao, W. Xiao, S. Chu, Y. Cui, John M. Doyle