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cord-313409-3n4vyszl	Hines, Stella E.	Self-reported Impact of Respirator Use on Healthcare Worker Ability to Perform Patient Care	2020-06-11		.txt	text/plain	1259	64	44	In a study of 1152 healthcare workers surveyed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most disagreed that respiratory protective equipment use interferes with patient care but reported that it would affect respirator use compliance if it did. In a study of 1152 healthcare workers surveyed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, most disagreed that respiratory protective equipment use interferes with patient care but reported that it would affect respirator use compliance if it did. HCWs enrolled in a medical system's respiratory protection program (RPP) were queried both during a focus group interview of eleven hospital staff members and a larger medical system-wide electronic survey of 1152 HCWs regarding their perceptions and beliefs about the impact of respirators on their ability to provide patient care (8) (9) . During a focus group interview in 2015, HCWs were asked to describe how use of respirators impacted their ability to provide care and whether patients or their family members interact differently with them when they are wearing respirators.	./cache/cord-313409-3n4vyszl.txt	./txt/cord-313409-3n4vyszl.txt