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A critique of Occupational Safety and Health Administration's halfmask respirator assigned protection factor

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By Mark Nicas
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COMPETING INTERESTS The author has published on respirator issues and has served as an expert witness in law suits pertaining to respirator efficacy. The opinions expressed are solely the author's. REFERENCES 1 (1978). History of respiratory protective devices in the U.S.—Pre World War I. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, U.S. Energy and Research Administration. 2, , , , , , , & (2005). A survey of private sector respirator use in the United States: An overview of findings.
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A Study Quantifying the Hand-to-Face Contact Rate and Its Potential Application to Predicting Respiratory Tract Infection

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By Mark Nicas, Daniel Best
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INTRODUCTION It is thought that a substantial portion of human respiratory tract infections are transmitted via contaminated hand contact with the mouth, eyes, and/or nostrils, with subsequent transport to target tissue sites in the oro- and nasopharyngeal region. Aside from rhinovirus infection, which has been shown to occur following contact of the nasal and conjunctival mucosa with fingertips seeded with virus,( 1 ) the evidence for the hand contact route is indirect albeit substantial.
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