Assessment of Masks Used by Healthcare Workers: Development and Validation of a Mask Qualitative Assessment Tool (MQAT)

• Main Authors: Vahid Gharibi (Author), Rosanna Cousins (Author), Hamidreza Mokarami (Author), Mehdi Jahangiri (Author), Mohammad A. Keshavarz (Author), Mohammad M. Shirmohammadi-Bahadoran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Respiratory masks can provide healthcare workers with protection from biological hazards when they have good performance. There is a direct relationship between the visual specifications of a mask and its efficacy; thus, the aim of this study was to develop tools for qualitative assessme...