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. 2020 Oct;131(4):e202-e204.
doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005134.

N95 Respirator Alternatives and Conservation Strategies

Becky J Wong  1 , Amy C Lu, Branden D Tarlow, Lucy S Tompkins, Amanda Chawla, Ronald G Pearl, Samuel H Wald
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N95 Respirator Alternatives and Conservation Strategies

Becky J Wong et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Oct.
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N95 respirator conservation and alternatives. APF indicates assigned protection factor; FFR, filtering facepiece respirator; MRI, XXX; PAPR, powered air purifying respirator.
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