MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention

Discussion Brief

The World Health Organization recommends that in addition to Administrative and Environmental Infection Control procedures such as proper cough etiquette and ventilation, personal protective equipment such as N95 and FFP2 respirators should be worn by health workers working with TB patients (Annex 7, 2009).

More than 100 resources and discussions have been posted so far by GHDonline members, raising important practical questions such as: Which respirators protect against TB and how effective are they? How should a respirator be worn? Can a respirator be re-used safely? How long can respirators be worn? What are the costs of various models and do members have recommendations for suppliers?
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• Evaluation of N95 respirator use as a tuberculosis control measure in a resource-limited setting
• NIOSH-Approved N95 Particulate Filtering Face piece Respirators
• Fitting characteristics of eighteen N95 filtering-facepiece respirators
• Face Masks and Respirators: Protection Factors, Selection, Fit Testing, and Respirator Demonstrations
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Canadian Health Care Facilities and Other Institutional Settings, Personal Respiratory Protection (Masks)

• Cross-post: length of usage of N95 mask indoor?
• Quality of certain N95 respirators
• statistical software
• How long can N95 masks be reused for? And N95 reportedly prevent 75% respiratory infections
• community MDR TB models