Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff

Verbeek, Jos; Rajamaki, Blair; Ijaz, Sharea; Sauni, Riitta; Toomey, Elaine; Blackwood, Bronagh; Tikka, Christina; Ruotsalainen, Jani; Selcen Kilinc Balci, F

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd011621.pub4

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Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Apr 15, 2020

Authors:

Jos Verbeek

Blair Rajamaki

Sharea Ijaz

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. Person...

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Personal protective equipment

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Medicine

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