Safety Guidelines for Sterility of Face Shields During COVID 19 Pandemic.
Corona pandemic
Covid 19
Face shields
PPE
Safety
Sterilisation
Journal
Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India
ISSN: 2231-3796
Titre abrégé: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Pays: India
ID NLM: 9422551
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
18
04
2020
accepted:
22
04
2020
pubmed:
2
5
2020
medline:
2
5
2020
entrez:
2
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Face shields are personal protective equipment devices that are to be used by many health care workers during COVID 19 pandemic for protection of the facial area and associated mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth) from droplet spread of infection. Face shields are generally not used alone, but in conjunction with other protective equipment like cap, mask, goggle, and are therefore classified as adjunctive personal protective equipment. In the wake of scarcity of face shields during the COVID 19 Pandemic, consideration of innovating newer methods of manufacturing must be considered to overcome the present day scarcity without jeopardising the safety of front line Heath care workers. All initial fast innovations comes with advantages and disadvantages, hence we thought of putting down simple guidelines for new emerged face shield use.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32355658
doi: 10.1007/s12070-020-01865-2
pii: 1865
pmc: PMC7191263
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
85-86Informations de copyright
© Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.