Welche Schutzmaske schützt vor COVID-19? Was ist evidenzbasiert?

Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat sowohl in der Patientenversorgung als auch in der Öffentlichkeit zu Diskussionen geführt, mit welchen Schutzmasken man sich vor einer Ansteckung schützen kann. Ähnliche Diskussionen hatte es schon 2009/10 im Rahmen der damals weltweiten Ausbreitung einer neuen Variante des Influenzavirus A (H1N1) gegeben („Schweinegrippe“). Auffällig sind damals wie heute Unklarheiten und Verwirrungen in Bezug auf die Übertragungswege von Atemwegsinfektionen und über die sich daraus ableitenden Schutzmaßnahmen.

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