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Fit testing of masks worn by frontline healthcare workers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2023

Louisa M. Sasko Open the ORCID record for Louisa M. Sasko [Opens in a new window] ,
Brian Oliver  and
Sheree M. Smith
Louisa M. Sasko*
Affiliation:
Westmead Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia
Brian Oliver
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Sydney, Australia
Sheree M. Smith
Affiliation:
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Author for correspondence: Louisa Sasko, BNursing, MPhil, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia. E-mail: Louisa.Sasko@health.nsw.gov.au
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , April 2023 , pp. 682 - 684
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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