TY - JOUR AU - Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad AU - Stelzer-Braid, Sacha AU - Rawlinson, William AU - Pontivivo, Giulietta AU - Wang, Quanyi AU - Pan, Yang AU - Zhang, Daitao AU - Zhang, Yi AU - Li, Lili AU - MacIntyre, C. Raina PY - 2019 DA - 2019/06/03 TI - Contamination by respiratory viruses on outer surface of medical masks used by hospital healthcare workers JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 491 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Medical masks are commonly used in health care settings to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from respiratory and other infections. Airborne respiratory pathogens may settle on the surface of used masks layers, resulting in contamination. The main aim of this study was to study the presence of viruses on the surface of medical masks. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4109-x DO - 10.1186/s12879-019-4109-x ID - Chughtai2019 ER -