An Assessment of the Benefit of Surgical Face Masks in Preventing Aerosol Droplet Spread during a Simulated Spinal Anaesthetic-a Blinded in vitro Study
Abhijit Biswas, S. Ó. Riain, J. Saunders, D. Barron & N. O. Connell · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015
Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess the benefit of wearing a surgical face mask in reducing aerosol contamination of agar plates in a simulated spinal anaesthetic. The contamination of plates with virulent organisms, association of growth with recent upper respiratory t...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2015/20265