Browsing Resources in English by Subject "Personal Protective Equipment"
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Adoption of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan
(2020-04-06)[Abstract]. Objectives: To clarify the implementation status of personal protective measures by the ordinary 34 citizens in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Methods: This was the cross-sectional ... -
Association of Personal Protective Equipment Use with Successful Protection Against COVID-19 Infection Among
(2020-04-28)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major challenge for protecting health care workers (HCWs) against the infection. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care workplace is recommended ... -
Can we use these masks? Rapid Assessment of the Inhalation Resistance Performance of Uncertified Medical Face Masks in the Context of Restricted Resources Imposed during a Public Health Emergency
(2020-05-19)In the case of a public health emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic, access to large quantities of appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE) has presented a significant problem. A shortage of face masks and ... -
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal swab and saliva
(2020-05-24)We prospectively compared the efficacy of PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2 between paired nasopharyngeal and saliva samples in 76 patients including ten COVID-19 patients. The overall concordance rate of the virus detection ... -
Covid-19 Pandemic: What Changes for Dentists and Oral Medicine Experts? A Narrative Review and Novel Approaches to Infection Containment
(2020-06)The authors performed a narrative review on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- CoronaVirus-2 ( SARS-CoV-2) and all infectious agents with the primary endpoints to illustrate the most accepted models of safety protocols in ... -
The covid‐19 pandemic, personal protective equipment, and respirator: a narrative review
(2020-06-08)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has touched almost every continent. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the final line of protection of healthcare workers (HCW). There is variation as well as controversy ... -
Editor’s commentary: Rapid reviews of PPE – an update
(2020-04-14)In early March 2020, as the COVID-19 crisis began to break in the UK, the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine set up the COVID-19 Evidence Service (https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/). We invited questions from policymakers, ... -
Education interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence to Standard Precautions for the control of health care-associated infections
(2020-03-22)What is this? Standard Precautions, including using personal protective equipment (PPE) or adhering to safe handling of needles are essential for the prevention and spread of infections, such as COVID-19, in healthcare ... -
Electronic Personal Protective Equipment: A Strategy to Protect Emergency Department Providers in the Age of COVID-19
(2020-04-02)[Abstract]. Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) during the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) have created opportunities for technology-based clinical ... -
Evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews for controlling the dissemination of COVID-19 infection. A narrative review
(2020-07)BACKGROUND: COVID-19 infection has high transmissibility and several measures have been adopted for controlling its dissemination. OBJECTIVE: To identify and summarize the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs) ... -
Facial protection for healthcare workers during pandemics: a scoping review
(2020-04-23)Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages, requiring mask reuse or improvisation. We provide a review of medical-grade facial protection (surgical ... -
Gloves, gowns and masks for reducing transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital setting: lack of evidence on their specific effects
(2020-03-19)What is this? Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a common hospital-acquired pathogen that increases morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Transmission of MRSA from patient to patient in hospital is ... -
Healthcare worker mask reuse in a global pandemic: Using idle resources to create an inexpensive, scalable, and accessible UV system for N95 sterilization
(2020-04-24)As the current COVID-19 pandemic illustrates, not all hospitals and other facilities are equipped with enough personal protective equipment to meet the demand in a crisis. Healthcare workers around the world utilize N95 ... -
Medical masks and Respirators for the Protection of Healthcare Workers from SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses
(2020-04-27)The use of medical masks and respirators as personal protective equipment is pivotal to reducing the level of biological hazard to which healthcare workers are exposed during the outbreak of highly diffusible pathogens, ... -
Performance of fabrics for home-made masks against spread of respiratory infection through droplets: a quantitative mechanistic study
(2020-04-24)Respiratory infections may spread through droplets, airborne particles, and aerosols from infected individuals through coughing, sneezing, and speaking. In the case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), droplet spread ... -
Personal protective equipment for protecting healthcare staff from highly infectious diseases
(2020-03-17)What is this? The arrival of a new respiratory virus, such as COVID-19, is followed by a lead-time for the development of vaccines and treatments, and these may have a limited effect in containing or interrupting spread ... -
Personal Protective Equipment: Current Best Practices for Orthopedic Teams
(2020-04-16)The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS- CoV-2) virus is challenging healthcare providers across the world. Current best practices for personal protective equipment ... -
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. Part 1 - Face masks, eye protection and person distancing: systematic review and meta-analysis
(2020-04-07)Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of eye protection, face masks, or person distancing on interrupting or reducing the spread of respiratory viruses. DESIGN: Update of a Cochrane review that included a ... -
Quantitative Method for Comparative Assessment of Particle Filtration Efficiency of Fabric Masks as Alternatives to Standard Surgical Masks for PPE
(2020-05-18)In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cloth masks are being used to control the spread of virus, but the efficacy of these loose-fitting masks is not well known. Here, tools and methods typically used to assess tight-fitting ...