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Nursing perception and practices in N95 mask reuse in intensive care: a cross-sectional study
Viviane Lopes Vimieiro1, Claysson Bruno Santos Vimieiro1,2, Adriana Cristina Oliveira1
1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Objectives:
to analyze Intensive Care Unit nursing professionals' perceptions and practices regarding safe N95 mask use in reuse protocols.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study conducted in Intensive Care Units.
Results:
two hundred sixty-five professionals participated. Most did not feel safe with the adopted protocol. Their main concerns were humidity, dirt, and storage. Less than 1% mentioned filtration efficiency or training. Fifty-three point six percent (seven days) and 74.1% (15 days) received training, primarily in 2020. Donning and doffing were the most frequently discussed topics. Seal verifications and visual inspections were always performed by 20.9% and 46.4% (seven days), and by 26.8% and 35.7% (15 days), respectively. There was a significant association between training and seal verification in the seven-day protocol. All reported a lack of dedicated storage space for N95 masks.
Conclusions:
the perception of safety was weak, and training for safe reuse was insufficient.
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