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Use of personal protective equipment to protect against respiratory infections in Pakistan: A systematic review.
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- The use of masks to protect against respiratory infections: An umbrella review.Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of the inward leakage rate between N95 filtering facepiece respirators and modified surgical masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Availability and use of personal protective equipment in low- and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2023Article
- In-kind donations to healthcare facilities during COVID-19: Experiences from a large medical center in northern Taiwan.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2021Article
- Level of Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures Among Health Care Workers in Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2021Article
- The use of masks to protect against respiratory infections: an umbrella review.Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) · 2020Article
- Indirect and Potential Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Public Health.Journal of research in health sciences · 2020Article
- Knowledge and beliefs towards universal safety precautions during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic among the Indian public: a web-based cross-sectional survey.Drugs & therapy perspectives : for rational drug selection and use · 2020Article
- Healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries affected by COVID-19: Time to upgrade basic infection control and prevention practices.Indian journal of medical microbiologyReview
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Abstract
Like other low-income countries, limited data are available on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Pakistan. We conducted a systematic review of studies on PPE use for respiratory infections in healthcare settings in Pakistan. MEDLINE, Embase and Goggle Scholar were searched for clinical, epidemiological and laboratory-based studies in English, and 13 studies were included; all were observational/cross-sectional studies. The studies examined PPE use in hospital (n=7), dental (n=4) or laboratory (n=2) settings. Policies and practices on PPE use were inconsistent. Face masks and gloves were the most commonly used PPE to protect from respiratory and other infections. PPE was not available in many facilities and its use was limited to high-risk situations. Compliance with PPE use was low among healthcare workers, and reuse of PPE was reported. Clear policies on the use of PPE and available PPE are needed to avoid inappropriate practices that could result in the spread of infection. Large, multimethod studies are recommended on PPE use to inform national infection-control guidelines.
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