Abstract: Filtering facepiece respirators should protect people in healthcare settings and in research and diagnostic laboratories from infection from biological agents or from other hazardous particles. To ensure sufficient personal protection, a properly fitting respirator is imperative. However, data about the usefulness of testing the proper fit of such respirators conflict. Some data fro…
The Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis (IVI) in Switzerland is a governmental biosafety level 3 agricultural (BSL-3Ag) facility involved in the diagnosis, surveillance, and control of highly contagious epizootics, such as foot and mouth disease or classical swine fever. It consists of an animal unit and a laboratory unit, which are interconnected in the same building. Although the she…