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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Simple Respiratory  Mask
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:58:30 +0200

Simple Respiratory  Mask

The World Health Organization
recommends protective equipment
including masks (if they not available,
a cloth to cover the mouth is recom-
mended) for persons who must handle
dead or ill chickens in regions affect-
ed by H5N1. Quality commercial
masks are not always accessible, but
anecdotal evidence has showed that
handmade masks of cotton gauze
were protective in military barracks
and in healthcare workers during the
Manchurian epidemic. A simple,
locally made, washable mask may be
a solution if commercial masks are
not available. We describe the test
results of 1 handmade, reusable, cot-
ton mask.

Virginia M. Dato,* David Hostler,*
and Michael E. Hahn*
*University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases   www.cdc.gov/eid   Vol. 12, No. 6, June  
2006


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