Tag: PPE
Disposable Hospital Gowns May Pose Infection Risk
Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety standards, leaving health care... read more
3D Printing PPE During COVID-19 Pandemic
Supply chain disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare systems to look for alternative ways to meet dramatically increased demand for personal protective equipment (PPE). One potential solution to this... read more
New Resuscitation Guidance for Patients with COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Heart Association and collaborating organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association for Respiratory Care, the Society of Critical Care... read more
Healthcare Worker Safety and COVID-19
It had been apparent from the start of the pandemic that both patients and healthcare workers are at significant risk of acquiring COVID-19 in hospitals. In an early report from Wuhan more than 40% of infections were hospital-acquired,... read more
COVID-19: Restricted Visitation Policies in Acute Care Settings
Patients, families, and healthcare professionals were impacted by restricted visitation polices in acute care settings during COVID-19. The consequences of this approach on patients and families are understudied and warrant... read more
We studied how to reduce airborne COVID spread in hospitals. Here’s what we learnt
Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19 last year, which led to a lockdown lasting more than 100 days, provided us with many lessons about controlling transmission. Some of these are pertinent as New South Wales endures its... read more
COVID-19, Online Shaming, and Health-care Professionals
Stigma and shame have been features of past pandemics. The stigma associated with disease can be experienced as shame by those who spread it. In almost all human cultures, there is shame attached to being “contaminated”,... read more
OSHA releases new standard to protect front-line health workers from COVID-19
The Biden administration issued a long-awaited new workplace standard aimed at protecting front-line healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19. The emergency temporary standard, released Thursday by the Occupational... read more
Why and How to Open ICU to Family Visits During the Pandemic
Since the lockdown because of the pandemic, family members have been prohibited from visiting their loved ones in hospital. While it is clearly complicated to implement protocols for the admission of family members, we believe... read more
10 Scientific Reasons in Support of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
Heneghan and colleagues' systematic review, funded by WHO, published in March, 2021, as a preprint, states: "The lack of recoverable viral culture samples of SARS-CoV-2 prevents firm conclusions to be drawn about airborne... read more
They served on the COVID-19 front lines. Now these emergency medicine doctors can’t find jobs.
Usually, emergency medicine residents fend off recruiters hoping to hire them. This year, they’re barely getting calls back. Here's how COVID-19 has upended EM job prospects — and what these young doctors worry they may... read more
Duty of Care: One NHS Doctor’s Story of Courage and Compassion on the COVID-19 Frontline
The first book to tell the full story of the Covid-19 pandemic, from an NHS doctor working inside hospitals to save lives and combat the virus on the front line. Duty of Care is the first book to tell the full story of... read more
The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread – And Why They Stop
From ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern life These days, whenever anything spreads, whether it's a YouTube fad or a... read more
Covid PPE: How healthcare workers came to feel expendable
Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been hundreds of deaths among healthcare staff from Covid and many thousands off sick or self-isolating, but many hospital staff say they still don't feel properly protected... read more
How to be EPIC in the COVID-19 Era
Evolution is afoot. It's entirely possible you have noticed somewhat of an alteration in the world around us. A pandemic—the downwind effect of a miniscule strand of RNA and its lollipop-studded shell, a savage little virus... read more
Medical officials use new tool for COVID patients
The Barren-Metcalfe County Emergency Medical Service will soon implement a new medical device that will benefit COVID-19 patients as well as emergency medical personnel. The medical device, the Sea-Long helmet, is a clear,... read more
Effective design of barrier enclosure to contain aerosol emissions from COVID-19 patients
Facing shortages of personal protective equipment, some clinicians have advocated the use of barrier enclosures (typically mounted over the head, with and without suction) to contain aerosol emissions from coronavirus disease... read more
