Response to Martin-Moreno et al. (2014) Surgical mask or no mask for health workers not a defensible position for Ebola

C Raina MacIntyre¹, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai², Holly Seale³, Guy A Richards⁴, Patricia M Davidson⁵

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¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: r.macintyre@unsw.edu.au.
² School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: abrar.chughtai@unsw.edu.au.
³ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: h.seale@unsw.edu.au.
⁴ University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa; Critical Care Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: Guy.Richards@wits.ac.za.
⁵ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA; University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: pdavidson@jhu.edu.

PMID: 25457271
PMCID: PMC7130160
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.004

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Response to Martin-Moreno et al. (2014) Surgical mask or no mask for health workers not a defensible position for Ebola

C Raina MacIntyre et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;51(12):1694-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.004. Epub 2014 Oct 12.

Authors

C Raina MacIntyre¹, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai², Holly Seale³, Guy A Richards⁴, Patricia M Davidson⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: r.macintyre@unsw.edu.au.
² School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: abrar.chughtai@unsw.edu.au.
³ School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: h.seale@unsw.edu.au.
⁴ University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa; Critical Care Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. Electronic address: Guy.Richards@wits.ac.za.
⁵ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA; University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. Electronic address: pdavidson@jhu.edu.

PMID: 25457271
PMCID: PMC7130160
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.004

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Threat of Ebola infection may lead nurses to adopt self-protection behaviours.
Jackson C. Jackson C. Int J Nurs Stud. 2015 Jan;52(1):491. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.012. Int J Nurs Stud. 2015. PMID: 25468133 No abstract available.

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Respiratory protection for healthcare workers treating Ebola virus disease (EVD): are facemasks sufficient to meet occupational health and safety obligations?
MacIntyre CR, Chughtai AA, Seale H, Richards GA, Davidson PM. MacIntyre CR, et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014 Nov;51(11):1421-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.09.002. Epub 2014 Sep 8. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014. PMID: 25218265 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Response to "MacIntyre et al., 2014: Respiratory protection for healthcare workers treating Ebola virus disease (EVD): are facemasks sufficient to meet occupational health and safety obligations?".
Martin-Moreno JM, Llinás G, Martínez-Hernández J. Martin-Moreno JM, et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014 Dec;51(12):1693. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.10.005. Epub 2014 Oct 13. Int J Nurs Stud. 2014. PMID: 25457270 No abstract available.

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