The Importance of Personal Protective Equipment Design and Donning and Doffing Technique in Mitigating Infectious Disease Spread : A Technical Report

Copyright © 2020, McCarthy et al..

During the current coronavirus pandemic, significant emphasis has been placed on the importance of mitigating nosocomial spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). One important consideration involves the appropriate use of effective personal protective equipment (PPE), which may reduce a healthcare provider's likelihood of becoming infected while simultaneously minimizing exposure to other patients that they care for. This may reduce demands placed on the healthcare system and help to preserve the workforce. First, the importance of PPE design cannot be underestimated, as the manufacturing process must strive to maximize protection of the user while ensuring adequate comfort. Second, it has been demonstrated that inadequate education and training can significantly impact compliance with PPE recommendations. Technique regarding donning and doffing of PPE is crucial to the protection of those who don it. The purpose of this technical report is two-fold: first, to describe some important considerations in the manufacturing and design process of face shields to maximize protection for healthcare providers, and second, to describe a simulation scenario that may be used to train healthcare workers in the appropriate donning and doffing of PPE.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 12(2020), 12 vom: 14. Dez., Seite e12084

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McCarthy, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Gino, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
d'Entremont, Philip [VerfasserIn]
Barari, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Renouf, Tia S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Covid 19
Journal Article
Novel coronavirus
Personal protective equipment (ppe)
Sars-cov-2
Simulation in medical education
Simulation medicine

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 26.01.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.12084

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320516032