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01-08-2020 | SARS-CoV-2 | Editorial

FFP3, FFP2, N95, surgical masks and respirators: what should we be wearing for ophthalmic surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic?

Authors: Kenneth K. W. Li, Antonia M. Joussen, Joseph K. C. Kwan, David H. W. Steel

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 8/2020

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This is a fearful time and wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) has become a topic we all need to be experts in. It has become particularly relevant with the worldwide shortages that have become daily headlines. …

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Title: FFP3, FFP2, N95, surgical masks and respirators: what should we be wearing for ophthalmic surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic?
Authors: Kenneth K. W. Li
Antonia M. Joussen
Joseph K. C. Kwan
David H. W. Steel
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2
Vitrectomy
COVID-19
Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04751-3

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