Official Title
Evaluation of ARFC Masks Equipped With CF5 Filter in the Care Unit to Allow a Wider Distribution of FFP2 Masks (Covid-19).
Brief Summary

The current outbreak of Covid-19 requires the wearing of FFP2 respiratory protective devices by healthcare personnel to limit their contamination. However, there is currently a shortage of masks in France due to insufficient national stocks while the disease is spreading. There is an urgent need to save FFP2 masks to enable healthcare personnel to continue to provide care in complete safety. Contamination of staff due to insufficient masks would have consequences by limiting access to care for infected patients and putting caregivers at potential risk of death. Caregiver protection is also intended to contain the risk of nosocomial epidemics. We propose the use of ARFC masks by Covid-19+ units. These ARFC masks provide optimal security against the risk of aerosolization of contaminated biological liquids. They are masks modified to be usable by civilians, resulting from the technology of combat masks, specially designed for use in NRBC (Nuclear, Radiological, Biological and Chemical) atmosphere.

Completed
Nurse

Device: ARFC mask

Nurse will wear the ARFC mask during working days. The total duration of the study will be 48 hours for each participant, 2 consecutive working days of 8 or 12 hours.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Nursing staff working 8 or 12 hours a day for 2 consecutive days in a COVID unit at
the hospital of Saint Etienne.

- Subjects affiliated to or entitled to a social security scheme

- Subject who received informed information about the study and agreed to participate in
the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Allergy to ARCF mask material: polyurethane

- Impossibility of supporting a tight mask on the face

- Potential contraindication to wearing a mask, such as the existence of claustrophobia

- Beard and moustache wearer

- Suspicion of COVID-19 infection

- Refusal to participate.

Eligibility Gender
All
Eligibility Age
Minimum: 18 Years ~ Maximum: N/A
Countries
France
Locations

CHU Saint-Etienne
Saint-Étienne, France

Jean-Luc PERROT, MD PhD, Principal Investigator
CHU SAINT-ETIENNE

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
NCT Number
Keywords
mask
ARFC
Covid-19
protection
MeSH Terms
COVID-19