A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2

Keertan Dheda(University of Cape Town), Gavin Churchyard(University of the Witwatersrand), M Mer(University of the Witwatersrand), François Venter(University of the Witwatersrand), Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg(Stellenbosch University), Halima Dawood(Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa), M-Y. S. Moosa(University of KwaZulu-Natal), Salome Charalambous, Guy A. Richards(University of the Witwatersrand), Richard N. van Zyl-Smit(University of Cape Town), Brian Allwood(Stellenbosch University), Ntobeko Ntusi(John Radcliffe Hospital), Rubeshan Perumal(South African Medical Research Council), Michelle Wong(University of the Witwatersrand), Kennedy Nyamande(University of KwaZulu-Natal), Charles Feldman(University of the Witwatersrand), Adriano Dusé(National Health Laboratory Service), L Lasersohn(University of the Witwatersrand), Jeremy Nel(Helen Joseph Hospital), Arne von Delft(University of Cape Town), Heather J. Zar(Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital), Harry Hausler(University of the Western Cape), Usha Lalla(Stellenbosch University), Wolfgang Preiser(National Health Laboratory Service), N A van der Westhuizen(University of Oxford), A Esmail(University of Cape Town), Harry Moultrie(Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia), A S Kharat(University of Cape Town), Shahieda Adams(University of Cape Town)
African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine
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