The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has meant that there is growing pressure on hospital resources, not least the availability of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly face masks and respirator masks. Within field orthopaedic surgery, it a common sight to see surgeons wearing ‘space suits’ (SSs) which comprise helmet, hood surgical gown.In this study, authors made modi...

OBJECTIVE On the basis of the job demands-control-support model by Karasek and Theorell, we investigated how social and organizational factors influence workers' use of personal protective equipment (PPE). METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed among 1420 workers in 203 motor vehicle-repair garages. Multilevel modeling was performed to account for the hierarchical structure of the data...

Introduction of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the process of quantitative exposure and risk assessment should be addressed carefully. PPE which have been designed and manufactured according to CE-criteria and have proved to pass relevant test criteria, can be classified as "proper functioning". However, test criteria for PPE are not equal to levels of protection which can be achieved i...

Prompt live-saving interventions, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), intravenous cannulation (IVC), and endotracheal intubation (ETI), are important for severely injured victims of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) disasters. Interventions sometime have to be performed by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel with personal protective equipment (PPE) worn in wa...

The academic doctor explains how the charity that she set up to distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) healthcare staff wants promote use of reusables in NHS

The use of PPE is closely related to occupational diseases caused by work factors or acquired while doing and occur over a long period. This study aimed determine the relationship between Knowledge, Compliance with PPE, Availability Implementation Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Policy Occupational Disease Risk Control. research quantitative an analytic survey approach using cross-secti...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a set of required protective clothing to ensure worker safety. PPE an essential need for healthcare staff that handles patients. one the measures control and prevent infections protect health professionals from occupational safety hazards. During clinical practice in hospitals, using when contact with patients crucial preventing spread diseases between stu...

The vulnerability of COVID-19 transmission for Caregiver Professionals (PPA) who work in hospitals requires efforts to prevent it. One the implemented is use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). However, comfort wearing PPE has an influence on performance PPA hospital, especially works operating room. This starts from dimensions quality performance, quantity, timeliness, effectiveness, independ...