Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff
Abstract
Background In epidemics of highly infectious diseases, such as Ebola, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or coronavirus (COVID‐19), healthcare workers (HCW) are at much greater risk of infection than the general population, due to their contact with patients' contaminated body fluids. Personal protective equipment (PPE) can reduce the risk by covering exposed body parts. It is unclear which type of PPE protects best, what is the best way...
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Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff
Published Date
Apr 15, 2020
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