Customized personal protective equipment (PPE): Solution to conservation and management of supplies during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Customized personal protective equipment (PPE): Solution to conservation and management of supplies during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

In the COVID-19 pandemic, global health care systems have become overwhelmed with potentially infectious patients seeking testing and care. Preventing spread of infection to and from health care workers (HCWs) and patients relies on effective use of personal protective equipment(PPE). The most criti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of family medicine and primary care 2020-05, Vol.9 (5), p.2180-2182
Hauptverfasser: Sureka, Binit, Sinha, Arvind, Tak, Vibhor, Garg, Mahendra, Bhatia, Pradeep, Bhardwaj, Pankaj, Nag, Vijaya, Dutt, Naveen, Elhence, Abhay, Bhaskar, Suryanarayanan, Bishnoi, Ashok, Chauhan, Nishant, Bishnoi, N, Misra, Sanjeev
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In the COVID-19 pandemic, global health care systems have become overwhelmed with potentially infectious patients seeking testing and care. Preventing spread of infection to and from health care workers (HCWs) and patients relies on effective use of personal protective equipment(PPE). The most critical part in due course of managing this pandemic is adequate supply of PPEs. We have customized a PPE which is economical and reusable after proper disinfection. This customized PPE can be a solution to conservation of supply during this pandemic.
ISSN:2249-4863
2278-7135
DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_556_20