So a team of researchers from Sun Yat-sen University, China, andUniversity of Birmingham, UK, set out to examine the protective effects of appropriate PPE for frontline healthcare professionals who provided care for patients with COVID-19. Their findings are based on 420 healthcare...
COVID-19Personal protective equipment (PPE)Physical examinationStethoscopeThe emerging COVID-19 pandemic poses many difficulties to medical professionals. One of them is the need to use personal protective equipment (PPE) in order to protect themselves and their families, while not compromising their ...
“These vulnerable patients might have a COVID positive staff treating them, and without the proper PPE it’s plain dangerous,” she said. Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, describes the spread of COVID-19 as a cloud of smoke coming from someone’s mouth ...
The “PPE Soup” recipe begins with preparing the “cook” or sterile processing personnel for cleaning and disinfecting instruments.Ingredients include hospital laundered scrubs, bouffant caps, liquid-resistant covering with sleeves (eg, a backless protective gown, jumpsuit, or surgical gown), liquid-...