Open AccessRational use of PPE and preventing PPE related skin damage
Author(s) -
Binit Sureka,
Vijaya Lakshmi Nag,
Mahendra Kumar Garg,
Vibhor Tak,
Mithu Banerjee,
Ashok Kumar Bishnoi,
Sanjeev Misra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1772_20
Subject(s) - medicine , personal protective equipment , face shield , economic shortage , curfew , covid-19 , medical emergency , pandemic , environmental health , health care , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , government (linguistics) , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics
On 31 st December, 2019, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was declared in Wuhan, China. On 24 March 2020, there was a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, followed by Janata curfew on 22 nd March. As the pandemic has developed and spread across continents, everyone including policy makers have realized shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as N95 respirators, coverall, and face shields. This is one of the major factors putting healthcare workers not only at risk of infection but also to various side effects of prolonged use of PPE. Based on international experiences, new ideas in procuring and mass manufacturing, rational use of PPE equipment is the need of hour, especially for developing nations which lack adequate resources and infrastructure for manufacturing PPEs.