Development of a Sterile Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing Procedure to Protect Surgical Teams from SARS-CoV-2 Exposure during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Heather L. Evans, Christopher S. Thomas, Linda Bell, Ashley Hink, S. M. O'Driscoll, Catherine Tobin, Cassandra D. Salgado
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a quickly evolving pandemic that has spread all over the globe. With the rapid increase of infections and the increasing number of severely ill individuals, healthcare providers need easy-to-follow guidelines to keep themselves and patients as safe as possible. The processes for donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) presented here provide an added measure of safety to surgeons and support staff to provide quality surgical care to positive and suspected COVID-19-positive patients.
Topics & Concepts
Personal protective equipmentMedicinePandemicMedical emergencyFace shieldHealth careCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Infection controlInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseIntensive care medicinePathologyEconomic growthEconomicsInfection Control and VentilationCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsDisaster Response and Management