Last-resort strategies during mask shortages: optimal design features of cloth masks and decontamination of disposable masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Shovon Bhattacharjee; Prateek Bahl; Abrar Ahmad Chughtai; C Raina MacIntyre

doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000698

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Last-resort strategies during mask shortages: optimal design features of cloth masks and decontamination of disposable masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Shovon Bhattacharjee Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, AustraliaDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Prateek Bahl School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Abrar Ahmad Chughtai School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Raina MacIntyre Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, AustraliaCollege of Public Service and Community Solutions and College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Shovon Bhattacharjee; shovon.bhattacharjee{at}student.unsw.edu.au

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Bhattacharjee S, Bahl P, Chughtai AA, et al

Last-resort strategies during mask shortages: optimal design features of cloth masks and decontamination of disposable masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2020;7:e000698. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000698

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Received June 29, 2020
Revised August 10, 2020
Accepted September 1, 2020
First published September 10, 2020.

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September 10, 2020

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