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cord-331848-tysxrc4o	Lammers, Daniel T	Safety Code Blue! Assessing the use of blue surgical sterilization wrap for homemade respirator masks during the COVID-19 crisis.	2020-07-15		.txt	text/plain	1143	68	48	Assessing the use of blue surgical sterilization wrap for homemade respirator masks during the COVID-19 crisis. The use of surgical sterilization wrap for respirator masks during the COVID-19 crisis has become a popularized personal protective equipment alternative option due to claims supporting its ability to meet N95 standards. The tested material failed to meet N95 standards and suggests its use may place medical personnel at increased risk of harm when managing COVID-19 patients. We sought to subject the popularly used surgical sterilization wrap material used for respirator mask creation to these strict quantitative NIOSH N95 standards via standardized industrial testing. The sterilization wrap was subjected to TSI 8130 automated filter testing in accordance with NIOSH standards for the N95 respirator mask. 6 To our knowledge these results are the first to assess the safety and efficacy of the Halyard H600 instrument wrap as a respiratory mask alternative for the COVID-19 pandemic.	./cache/cord-331848-tysxrc4o.txt	./txt/cord-331848-tysxrc4o.txt