University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center: Surgical Masks as Good as Respirators for Flu and Respiratory Virus Protection
September 03, 2019
September 03, 2019
DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 3 -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news:
Researchers may finally have an answer in the long-running controversy over whether the common surgical mask is as effective as more expensive respirator-type masks in protecting health care workers from flu and other respiratory viruses.
A study published today in JAMA compared the ubiquitous surgical (or medical) mask, which costs about a dime, to a less commonly . . .
Researchers may finally have an answer in the long-running controversy over whether the common surgical mask is as effective as more expensive respirator-type masks in protecting health care workers from flu and other respiratory viruses.
A study published today in JAMA compared the ubiquitous surgical (or medical) mask, which costs about a dime, to a less commonly . . .