title: Respiratory protection for healthcare workers treating Ebola virus disease (EVD): are facemasks sufficient to meet occupational health and safety obligations?
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: r.macintyre@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: C Raina
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: MacIntyre
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Abrar Ahmad
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Chughtai
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seale
authors.affiliation: University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa; Critical Care Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Guy A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA; University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Patricia M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D006282:Health Personnel; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012134:Respiratory Protective Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Facemasks; Healthcare workers; Respirators