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Editorial
. 2020 May:105:103567.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103567. Epub 2020 Mar 13.

Policies on the use of respiratory protection for hospital health workers to protect from coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Abrar A Chughtai  1 , Holly Seale  2 , Md Saiful Islam  2 , Mohammad Owais  2 , C Raina Macintyre  3
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Editorial

Policies on the use of respiratory protection for hospital health workers to protect from coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Abrar A Chughtai et al. Int J Nurs Stud. 2020 May.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest Abrar Ahmad Chughtai had testing of filtration of masks by 3 M for his PhD more than 5 years ago. 3 M products were not used in his research. He also has worked with CleanSpace Technology on research on fit testing of respirators (no funding was involved). C Raina MacIntyre receives funding from NHMRC (center for Research Excellence and Principal Research Fellowship) and Sanofi currently. She has received funding from 3 M more than 10 years ago for face mask research.

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