FDA Grand Rounds - November 12, 2020

Join us for FDA's Grand Rounds presentation on Nov. 12th

If your email program has trouble displaying this email, view as a webpage. Facial Coverings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How well do they flatten the curve? An image of a scientist holding a test tube. Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST Webcast Register Here for webcast (public attendees and FDA staff) Presenters: Prasanna Hariharan, PhD Assistant Director (Acting) Mechanical Engineer Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, CDRH, FDA Suvajyoti Guha, PhD Mechanical Engineer (Staff Fellow) Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, CDRH, FDA Matthew Myers, PhD Research Physicist Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, CDRH, FDA About the Presentation: This presentation provides an overview of the FDA's research to evaluate the ability of facial coverings to reduce the spread of infection and how the FDA is developing a comprehensive risk-assessment tool to predict the probability of infection with individuals wearing a non-surgical face mask or cloth face covering; given the characteristics of non-surgical face masks, the population, and the pathogen. This presentation discusses how the filtration and leakage performance of cloth face coverings, using both experimental and computational methods, input into a risk assessment model that the FDA recently developed and is currently calibrating for COVID-19.  www.FDA.gov/GrandRounds

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