Adapting re‐usable elastomeric respirators to utilise anaesthesia circuit filters using a 3D‐printed adaptor ‐ a potential alternative to address N95 shortages during the COVID‐19 pandemic - Liu, D. C. Y.; Koo, T. H.; Wong, J. K. K.; Wong, Y. H.; Fung, K. S. C.; Chan, Y.; Lim, H. S. (Anaesthesia, 2020)
Keywords: 3D‐printed adaptor; Adult; anaesthesia circuit filter; Anesthesia; Betacoronavirus; breathing system filter; Carbon dioxide; Carbon Dioxide - physiology; Circuits; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - therapy; COVID-19; Elastomers; Equipment Design; Equipment Reuse; Exhalation; Feasibility Studies; Female; Filters; Filtration - instrumentation; Humans; Male; Materials Testing - methods; Middle Aged; Original; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - therapy; Printing, Three-Dimensional; Protective equipment; Respiration; respirator; Respirators; Respiratory Rate; SARS-CoV-2; Three dimensional printing; Ventilators, Mechanical - supply & distribution; Viruses; COVID-19; respirator; 3D-printed adaptor; breathing system filter; anaesthesia circuit filter