Published in Acta ophthalmologica
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper provides recommendations for medical eye care during the easing of control measures after lockdown. The guidelines presented are based on a literature review and consensus among all Spanish Ophthalmology Societies regarding protection measures recommended for the ophthalmologic care of patients wi...
Published in Annals of work exposures and health
Health care workers (HCWs) adopted several protective measures, including hand hygiene and wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the frequent use of these preventive measures can lead to skin reactions. Our study aimed to determine the frequency of these reactions in Northern Morocco. In addition, we als...
En Belgique, il n’existe aucune obligation légale de porter un casque ou un gilet fluorescent / rétroréfléchissant. Et pourtant, ces équipements de sécurité pourraient, pour l’un, éviter des blessures graves à la tête et, pour l’autre, améliorer la détectabilité des cyclistes de jour comme de nuit. Dans le but de mieux appréhender les comportements...
Published in Medicine, science, and the law
Restraint is widely practised within inpatient mental health services and is considered a higher-risk procedure for patients and staff. There is a sparsity of evidence in respect of the efficacy of personal protective equipment (PPE) used during restraint for reducing risk of infection. A series of choreographed restraint episodes were used to simu...
Diplomska naloga prikazuje organizacijo logistične verige dobave zaščitne opreme in je razdeljena na dva dela, in sicer teoretičnega ter praktičnega. V teoretičnem delu je zapisano, kako se po predpisih ter zakonih uvozi ali izvozi zaščitno ali medicinsko opremo / predstavljenih je tudi nekaj pomembnih zakonov ter dokumentacija, brez katere uvoza n...
Published in Australian Critical Care
Background Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has effected major changes to health care delivery within acute care settings. Rapid response calls (RRC) in healthcare organisations have been effective at identifying and urgently managing acute clinical deterioration. Code-95 RRC were introduced to pre-warn healthcare workers (HCWs) attending to pat...
Published in Journal of Infusion Nursing
In the United States, during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, patients with COVID-19 overwhelmed available intensive care beds, staffing levels were unpredictable, and personal protective equipment was limited. The safety of situating electronic infusion pumps outside patient rooms was evaluated using an internal risk assessment. B...
Živimo v času, ko je nošenje mask postalo nekaj vsakdanjega. Pandemija COVID-19 je posledica hitrega širjenja novega koronavirusa SARS- CoV-2, ki je zaradi hitrega povečanja števila obolelih močno vplival na zdravstvo tudi v Sloveniji. Zdravstveni poklici spadajo med najbolj tvegane, kar se tiče izpostavljenosti okužbi, zato je ustrezna uporaba ose...
Face masks help to limit transmission of infectious diseases entering through the nose and mouth. Beyond reprocessing and decontamination, antimicrobial treatments could extend the lifetime of face masks whilst also further reducing the chance of disease transmission. Here, we review the efficacy of treatments pertaining antimicrobial properties to...
The aim of this study is to assess the effect of contact time, contact distance and the use of personal protective equipment on the determination of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers (HCWs). This study consists of an analysis of data gathered for safety reasons at the Sapienza Teaching Hospital Policlinico Umberto I in Rome through the sur...
