Design Improvements for Personal Protective Equipment Used in Ebola and Other Epidemic Outbreaks

We redesigned the personal protective equipment ensemble widely used during the 2014 Ebola outbreak into a relatively simpler and more versatile coverall and hood, to improve protection and usability for frontline workers treating patients in infectious disease outbreaks around the world. We redesig...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Global health science and practice 2017-06, Vol.5 (2), p.325-328
Hauptverfasser:	Glancey, Margaret, Osei, Patience, Patterson, William Alexander, Petney, Matthew, Scavo, Laura, Ruparelia, Chandrakant, Acharya, Soumyadipta, Yazdi, Youseph
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Epidemics - prevention & control Equipment Design Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control Humans Innovation Personal Protective Equipment
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Zusammenfassung:	We redesigned the personal protective equipment ensemble widely used during the 2014 Ebola outbreak into a relatively simpler and more versatile coverall and hood, to improve protection and usability for frontline workers treating patients in infectious disease outbreaks around the world. We redesigned the personal protective equipment ensemble widely used during the 2014 Ebola outbreak into a relatively simpler and more versatile coverall and hood, to improve protection and usability for frontline workers treating patients in infectious disease outbreaks around the world.
ISSN:	2169-575X 2169-575X
DOI:	10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00152