TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantitative respirator fit tests for P2/N95 in Australian general practice
AU - Chapman, Darius
AU - Hodgson, Lauren
AU - Ganesan, Anand
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced general practice to rapidly modify practice. A key change in service delivery is the requirement to wear P2/N95 masks in potential high-risk settings.1 In many hospitals, condensation nuclei counter (CNC)-based quantitative fit testing has been recommended as the gold standard by US National Institutes of Labor and UK legislation.2 Quantitative fit testing of healthcare workers is also emerging as the standard of practice in the Australian public hospital system.3 To date, there is limited information on the feasibility of establishing a quantitative fit testing program in primary care settings. Here, the authors report the results of a pilot trial of quantitative fit testing in metropolitan general practice and how fit test failures were managed.
AB - Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced general practice to rapidly modify practice. A key change in service delivery is the requirement to wear P2/N95 masks in potential high-risk settings.1 In many hospitals, condensation nuclei counter (CNC)-based quantitative fit testing has been recommended as the gold standard by US National Institutes of Labor and UK legislation.2 Quantitative fit testing of healthcare workers is also emerging as the standard of practice in the Australian public hospital system.3 To date, there is limited information on the feasibility of establishing a quantitative fit testing program in primary care settings. Here, the authors report the results of a pilot trial of quantitative fit testing in metropolitan general practice and how fit test failures were managed.
KW - P2/N95 masks
KW - respirator fit tests
KW - high risk settings
KW - COVID-19
KW - public hospitals
KW - Australia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124778151&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/2005906
U2 - 10.31128/AJGP-COVID-51-1
DO - 10.31128/AJGP-COVID-51-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 35172324
AN - SCOPUS:85124778151
VL - 51
JO - Australian Journal of General Practice
JF - Australian Journal of General Practice
SN - 2208-7958
ER -