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Personal Protective Equipment
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Policies and standards related to PPE Conservation, Decontamination of N95 Facemasks and Prevention and Management of Skin Damage related to PPE use that Infection Prevention and Control professionals may use to support their own documentation and best practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Medical Masks and Respirators (PHAC)
- COVID-19 medical masks and respirators: Overview
- COVID-19 medical masks and respirators: Information for health professionals
- Safety and performance specifications for respirators during COVID-19: Guidance for Canadian manufacturers
- COVID-19 medical masks and respirators: Reprocessing N95 respirators
- COVID-19 medical masks and respirators: How to get authorization
Non-Medical Masks (PHAC)
- Non-medical Masks and Face Coverings
- Non-medical Masks -How to put on, remove and clean
- Non-medical Masks -Sew and no-sew instructions
- Use of Non-Medical Masks in Community Settings
- How to safely use a non-medical mask or face covering (poster)
- How to wear a non-medical mask or face covering properly (video)
PPE Conservation
- 3D Printing and Other Manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment in Response to COVID-19 (Government of Canada)
- Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE (CDC)
- Release of Stockpiled N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators Beyond the Manufacturer-Designated Shelf Life: Considerations for the COVID-19 Response (CDC)
- WHO Rational use of personal protective equipment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Ontario Health)
- Updated IPAC Recommendations for Use of Personal Protective Equipment for Care of Individuals with Suspect or Confirmed COVID-19 (PHO)
- Reprocessing of N95 Respirators for Healthcare Professionals - Notice (Health Canada)
- Safety of Extended Use and Reuse of N95 Respirators (ECRI Institute)
Decontamination of N95 Respirators
- Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators using Contingency and Crisis Capacity Strategies (CDC)
- N95 Filtering Facemask Respirator Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) Process for Decontamination and Reuse (Nebraska Medicine)
- Important Regulatory Considerations for the Reprocessing of Single Use N95 Respirators during the COVID-19 Response (Health Canada)
- Completed IO applications for the re-processing of N95 respirators -Health Canada
- Reprocessing of N95 Respirators for Healthcare Professionals (Health Canada)
- Fischer, R. BMJ. 2020. Assessment of N95 respirator decontamination and re-use for SARS-CoV-2. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.11.20062018
- Effectiveness of Three Decontamination Treatments against Influenza Virus Applied to Filtering Facepiece Respirators. (2011. Ann Occup Hyg Lore et al.)
- Effects of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) on N95 Respirator Filtration Performance and Structural Integrity (2015. J. Occup. Env. Hyg. Lidley et al.)
- Evaluation of Five Decontamination Methods for Filtering Facepiece Respirators. (2009 Ann Occup Hyg. Viscusi et al.)
- Inactivation of Viruses on Surfaces by Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation. (2007 J. Occup. Env. Hyg. Chun-Chieh,T & Chih-Shan, L)
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- N95 Decontamination Publications (N95Decon)
- STERIS Decontamination Solutions for compatible N95 or N95-equivalent Respirators
- Fact Sheet for Healthcare Personnel on Emergency Use of STERRAD® Sterilization Systems to Reprocess N95 Respirators (ASP)
- Disinfection of Filtering Facepiece Respirators (3M)
- Temporary Protocol for the Disinfection of N95 Masks During the Coronavirus Crisis / Protocole temporaire pour la désinfection des masques N95 lors de la crise des coronavirus (Nocospray)
