Water-blocking Asphyxia of N95 Medical Respirator During Hot Environment Work Tasks With Whole-body Enclosed Anti-bioaerosol Suit

• Main Authors: Jintuo Zhu (Author), Qijun Jiang (Author), Yuxuan Ye (Author), Xinjian He (Author), Jiang Shao (Author), Xinyu Li (Author), Xijie Zhao (Author), Huan Xu (Author), Qi Hu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: During hot environment work tasks with whole-body enclosed anti-bioaerosol suit, the combined effect of heavy sweating and exhaled hot humid air may cause the N95 medical respirator to saturate with water/sweat (i.e., water-blocking). Methods: 32 young male subjects with different body m...