[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the national PPE guidance for NHS healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

JP Thomas, A Srinivasan, CS Wickramarachchi… - Clinical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tragically, many of the infections and deaths recorded in the global coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have occurred in healthcare workers. Some have attributed this …

What healthcare professionals owe us: why their duty to treat during a pandemic is contingent on personal protective equipment (PPE)

U Schuklenk - Journal of medical ethics, 2020 - jme.bmj.com
Healthcare professionals' capacity to protect themselves, while caring for infected patients
during an infectious disease pandemic, depends on their ability to practise universal …

Frontline healthcare workers' experiences with personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a rapid qualitative appraisal

K Hoernke, N Djellouli, L Andrews, S Lewis-Jackson… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To report frontline healthcare workers'(HCWs) experiences with personal
protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. To understand …

Personal protective equipment use by healthcare workers in intensive care unit during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a secondary analysis of the PPE …

M Ippolito, M Ramanan, D Bellina… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Italy was the first Western country to be heavily affected by COVID-19.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) were exposed to a high risk of occupational infection, partially …

Availability of personal protective equipment in NHS hospitals during COVID-19: a national survey

A Mantelakis, HVM Spiers, CW Lee… - Annals of Work …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The continuous supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the National
Health Service (NHS) is paramount to reduce transmission of COVID-19 to patients, public …

Personal protective equipment and intensive care unit healthcare worker safety in the COVID-19 era (PPE-SAFE): An international survey

A Tabah, M Ramanan, KB Laupland, N Buetti… - Journal of critical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose To survey healthcare workers (HCW) on availability and use of personal protective
equipment (PPE) caring for COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Materials and …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences of personal protective equipment by Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020: A cross-sectional study

D Ayton, SE Soh, D Berkovic, C Parker, K Yu… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this study was to capture Australian frontline healthcare workers'(HCWs)
experiences with personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic in …

Impact of personal protective equipment use on health care workers' physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Galanis, I Vraka, D Fragkou, A Bilali… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care
workers (HCWs) have been obliged to wear personal protective equipment (PPE). We …

Personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines, adaptations and lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic

K Woolley, R Smith, S Arumugam - Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on the American healthcare
system. Personal protective equipment (PPE) remains critical in keeping healthcare …

The COVID‐19 pandemic, personal protective equipment and respirator: A narrative review

JF Ha - International journal of clinical practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has touched almost every continent.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the final line of protection of healthcare workers …