Talk:Source control (respiratory disease)/Archive 1

Archive 1

PPE

The jump from source control to cloth masks not being PPE at the start of the second paragraph is too abrupt. Some procedure masks (like YY 0969) are also not PPE, because they don't have any splash resistance and are only meant for source control.

And if you are talking about filtering properties of cloth masks, need to mention that surgical masks are also not meant to filter the inhaled air. The point of source control is to filter the air when releasing it (on exhalation, cough, talking, etc.). That's why most procedure masks are required to filter at least 95% of bacteria-sized particulates, but they are not meant to protect the wearer from such particulates, unlike medical respirators. --Amakuha (talk) 08:27, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

This is all very good feedback. Perhaps there needs to be more than a cursory explanation of the meaning of source control vs. PPE vs. respiratory protection. I'll start to work on that. John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) 01:31, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

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The result was: promoted by DannyS712 (talk) 14:15, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that cloth face masks are considered source control but not personal protective equipment? Source: [1]

• Reviewed: Tomáš Cihlář

Created by John P. Sadowski (NIOSH) (talk) and Amakuha (talk). Self-nominated at 02:14, 22 May 2020 (UTC).

• Hook is interesting and within proper length. Hook is cited to a reliable source, a check confirms the source does include this information. Article is new enough, policy-compliant, and not a copyvio. QPQ done. Hog Farm (talk) 02:32, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

On the Schlieren paper by Tang, et. al

I don't think we can draw any conclusions on source control through this paper. They specifically said:

"Although there appears to be some airflow escaping through the front of the surgical and N95 masks, this may not necessarily pose an infectious risk due to the various mechanical and electrostatic filtering mechanisms present in these masks."

...yet they didn't actually do a particle count, with any particle counter to confirm this. Thus, this isn't a very good paper to draw any conclusions about source control with face masks, since, last I checked, viruses are particles.⸺RandomStaplers 01:00, 23 June 2024 (UTC)