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cord-306100-dkbujz83	Chughtai, Abrar A.	Policies on the use of respiratory protection for hospital health workers to protect from coronavirus disease (COVID-19)	2020-03-13		.txt	text/plain	2673	151	49	As drugs or vaccines are not yet available, various non-pharmaceutical measures have been recommended to reduce the spread of infection, including hygiene and disinfection, improving environmental control, early detection and reporting, isolation, quarantine, use of personal protective equipment, social distancing and travel restrictions (( World Health Organization (WHO) 2014 ; Bell et al., 2006 ) ). Masks and respirators are commonly used to protect healthcare workers from respiratory infections, particularly during the initial periods of outbreaks/ pandemics when other control measures not yet available ( Aiello et al., 2010 a; Aledort et al., 2007 ) . History is repeating itself with the same controversies around powered air purifying respirators during the The only similarity is that all health organisations and countries generally recommend the use of masks by suspected or infected cases of COVID-19 (i.e. source control) to prevent spread of infections.	./cache/cord-306100-dkbujz83.txt	./txt/cord-306100-dkbujz83.txt