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Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 8, 2011 - Issue 5
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Health Care Workers and Respiratory Protection: Is the User Seal Check a Surrogate for Respirator Fit-Testing?

Quinn Danyluk Workplace Health, Fraser Health, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Chun-Yip Hon Disability Management and Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Mike Neudorf Workplace Health, Fraser Health, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Annalee Yassi School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Elizabeth Bryce Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Bob Janssen Policy & Research Division, WorkSafeBC, Richmond, BC, Canada
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George Astrakianakis School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Disease Prevention, Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Pages 267-270 | Published online: 01 Apr 2011

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Chun-Yip Hon, Quinn Danyluk, Elizabeth Bryce, Bob Janssen, Mike Neudorf, Annalee Yassi, Hui Shen & George Astrakianakis. (2017) Comparison of qualitative and quantitative fit-testing results for three commonly used respirators in the healthcare sector. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 14:3, pages 175-179.
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Philip Harber, Jing Su, Alejandro D. Badilla, Rombod Rahimian & Kirsten R. Lansey. (2015) Potential Role of Infrared Imaging for Detecting Facial Seal Leaks in Filtering Facepiece Respirator Users. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 12:6, pages 369-375.
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Larry Janssen, Harry Ettinger, Stephan Graham, Ronald Shaffer & Ziqing Zhuang. (2013) Commentary. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 10:8, pages D97-D103.
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DennisJ. Viscusi, MichaelS. Bergman, Ziqing Zhuang & RonaldE. Shaffer. (2012) Evaluation of the Benefit of the User Seal Check on N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator Fit. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 9:6, pages 408-416.
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Charlotte Goko, Elizabeth Forster, Matthew Mason & Peta-Anne Zimmerman. (2023) Effectiveness of fit testing versus fit checking for healthcare workers respiratory protective equipment: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Sciences 10:4, pages 568-578.
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Sumesh Arora, Moira Johns, Yahya Shehabi, Mohamed Kamal, Mominah Bhatti, Warren Christopher Stewart, David Collins & Solomon Rajesh Thambiraj. (2023) Safety Goggles with Elastic Headband to Improve N95 Fit Following Failed Quantitative Fit Test. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 27:6, pages 386-391.
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