A pilot study of minimum operational flow for loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators used in healthcare cleaning services - Zhu, Jintuo; He, Xinjian; Bergman, Michael S.; Guffey, Steven; Nimbarte, Ashish D.; Zhuang, Ziqing (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2019)
Keywords: Adult; Air flow; Body mass; Body mass index; Body size; Cleaning; Disinfection; Empirical analysis; Female; Health care; Health Personnel; Humans; Inhalation; Inhalation Exposure; Inhalation Exposure - prevention & control; Male; Medical innovations; Medical personnel; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure; Occupational Exposure - prevention & control; Patients' Rooms; Pilot Projects; Protective equipment; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Pulmonary Ventilation; Recording; Respiration; Respirators; Respiratory Protective Devices; Respiratory Protective Devices - standards; West Virginia; Workers; West Virginia; peak inhalation flow; minute volume; Healthcare workers; powered air-purifying respirators; minimum operational flow; respiratory flow