Open AccessRespiratory protection for health professions students must be addressed in light of lessons from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
Author(s) -
Elizabeth L. Beam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2021.375
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , coronavirus , medicine , health professions , betacoronavirus , health care , virology , disease , family medicine , intensive care medicine , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , outbreak , law
One of the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic put before health professions programs in the United States was how to keep students clinically in patient care. With years of impact from coronavirus and growing numbers of variants, a long-term solution to respiratory protection for health professions students is needed.