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cord-305262-23qylbmg	Rowan, Neil J.	Unlocking the surge in demand for personal and protective equipment (PPE) and improvised face coverings arising from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic – Implications for efficacy, re-use and sustainable waste management	2020-09-10		.txt	text/plain	9978	575	46	Important countermeasures for preventing COVID-19 transmission include mitigating potential high risk aerosol transmission in healthcare setting using medical PPE (such as filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs)) and the appropriate use of face coverings by the general public that carries a lower transmission risk. Given that disposable, plastic-based, PPE (gowns, eye protection, gloves, face masks, filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs)) are heat sensitive, existing healthcare technologies were considered to be either not available, unsuitable or not configured for reprocessing of PPE in healthcare for emergency use (Rowan and Laffey, 2020) . However, potential solutions for effective reprocessing of PPE that considered virus inactivation, material compatibility and device functionality (filtration efficacy, penetration, fit test and so forth) post processing included use of low temperature hydrogen peroxide vapour (VH2O2), ultraviolet germicidal light (UVGI), moist heat, and use of weak bleach for liquid decontamination (Rowan and Laffey, 2020; CDC, 2020) .	./cache/cord-305262-23qylbmg.txt	./txt/cord-305262-23qylbmg.txt