This interim guidance has been updated based on currently available information about COVID-19COVID-19 \ ˈkō-vid-nīn-ˈtēn : a mild to severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 of the genus Betacoronavirus), is transmitted chiefly by contact with infectious material (such as respiratory droplets), and is characterized especially by fever, cough, and shortness of breath and may progress to pneumonia and respiratory failure. and the current situation in the United States, which includes reports of cases of community transmissioncommunity transmission : the spread of a contagious disease within a community specifically : the spread of a contagious disease to individuals in a particular geographic location who have no known contact with other infected individuals or who have not recently traveled to an area where the disease has any documented cases, infections identified in healthcare personnel (HCP), and shortages of facemasks, N95N95 mask a NIOSH-certified, negative pressure, particulate respirator with a filter as an integral part of the facepiece or with the entire facepiece composed of the filtering medium. They differ from other respiratorsbecause the filtering media itself is the mask. Negative pressure means that the flow of air through the filter is achieved via inhalation. This type of respirator is commonly used for protection against bioaerosols and dusts. filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) (commonly known as N95 respirators), and gowns.
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