None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Well fitting filtering masks (N95 masks) have become standard practice for personal protective equipment for workers performing aerosol-generating procedures during COVID-19. Currently, all health care workers in forward facing hospital roles are required to be undertake education (~20 minutes, low cost) regarding mask fitting and complete mask fit testing as directed by the Victorian Department of Health. This is also true for all Monash University students entering hospital and emergency service placements. However, there is scant evidence supporting the effectiveness or sustained benefit of current procedures used to undertake mask fit testing in this context. We hypothesise that there will be no difference between the intervention and control group in terms of the proportion of participants who "pass" the Quantitative Particle Count Fit Test either immediately following provision of the intervention / control condition or 2 weeks later.
Interventions
Participants will receive education on mask selection and mask fit checking.
The content provided focuses on learning objectives:
1) To identify the rationale behind mask fit testing for clinical health care settings.
2) To identify factors affecting mask performance
3) To compare the difference between a mask fit check and a mask fit test
4) To identify factors in the selection of an appropriate P2/N95 mask
5) Demonstrate correct fitting of a P2/N95 mask
This education resource has been specifi
Participants will receive education on mask selection and mask fit checking. The content provided focuses on learning objectives: 1) To identify the rationale behind mask fit testing for clinical health care settings. 2) To identify factors affecting mask performance 3) To compare the difference between a mask fit check and a mask fit test 4) To identify factors in the selection of an appropriate P2/N95 mask 5) Demonstrate correct fitting of a P2/N95 mask This education resource has been specifically designed for this study. The duration of education is approximately 30 minutes as a one-off session. The mode of administration is online (text and video materials). Adherence is monitored via online platform, participants must complete an online quiz opened after opening of online material before they are allowed to book for physical testing. Participants will then self-select from a range of brands/models of N95 masks and undertake self-performed fit-checks until they are satisfied that they have a suitably fit mask. Self-performed fit-checks will take place within 1 week of undertaking the educational component. Testing will take <10 minutes. Physical testing will take place at the Monash University Peninsula or Clayton Campus depending on the student course location.
Sponsors
Monash University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Students at Monash University undertaking health professional courses
Exclusion criteria
Have previously undertaken mask fit education and/or testing Unwillingness to be clean shaven (interferes with Quantitative Fit Testing) Aged younger than 18 years
Outcome results
None listed