Journal of Pediatric Critical Care (Jan 2020)

Personal protective equipment during COVID-19 epidemic

  • Dhiren Gupta,
  • Ashish Kumar Simalti,
  • Neeraj Gupta,
  • Anil Sachdev,
  • Arun Bansal,
  • Ashwani Kumar Sood,
  • Tripti Sharan,
  • Vinayak Patki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/JPCC.JPCC_75_20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 7
pp. 22 – 30

Abstract

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Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) are used to safeguard the health of workers. Airborne aerosol with size below 5 micron can enter lower respiratory system directly whereas bigger size particles either settles on surrounding equipment and become fomites. COVID 19 can stay in air after 3 hours with airborne spread in health care with fomites especially plastic showing infection up to 72 hours. Examples of PPE include items as mask, gloves, shield, goggles, gowns and full body suits. All health care workers need to be taught the correct sequence of wearing and taking off the PPE in order to avoid contamination.

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