ReviewInternational journal of clinical practice2020
The COVID-19 pandemic, personal protective equipment and respirator: A narrative review.
Review in International journal of clinical practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Skin Problems in the Facial Area due to the Use of Personal Protective Equipment in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Assessment of health equity consideration in masking/PPE policies to contain COVID-19 using PROGRESS-plus framework: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Reusable respirators as personal protective equipment in clinical practice : User experience in times of a pandemic.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2022Trial
- Impact of Personal Cooling on Performance, Comfort and Heat Strain of Healthcare Workers in PPE, a Study From West Africa.Frontiers in public health · 2021Trial
- Is face shape associated with fitness of respiratory personal protective equipment-N95 masks?Industrial health · 2026Article
- Safe autopsy procedures for COVID-19: Experience of one research center.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2025Article
- Transmission of respiratory infectious diseases based on real close contact behavior in an emergency room.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2025Article
- Factors Explaining Responses to Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Among Nurses in Israel.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Exploring factors affecting the unsafe behavior of health care workers' in using respiratory masks during COVID-19 pandemic in Iran: a qualitative study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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- [Association between SARS-COV-2 and chronic diseases in health personnel. A preventive medicine program].Revista de salud publica (Bogota, Colombia) · 2023Article
- Effect of Optimizing Medical Rehabilitation System for Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Using the Functional Resonance Analysis Method.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
- The Effect of COVID-19 Safety Protocols on Hospital Workers' Mental Health: A Moderated-Mediation Model of COVID-19 Anxiety and Psychological Resilience.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Safety for the Rhinologist in the Age of COVID-19: Mask Use, Nasal Corticosteroids, Saline Irrigation, and Endoscopic Procedures - Literature Review.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2022Article
- What We Are Learning from COVID-19 for Respiratory Protection: Contemporary and Emerging Issues.Polymers · 2021Review
- Efficacy of FFP3 respirators for prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers.eLife · 2021Article
- Infection Control in the Era of COVID-19: A Narrative Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- COVID-19 Disease, Women's Predominant Non-Heparin Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia and Kounis Syndrome: A Passepartout Cytokine Storm Interplay.Biomedicines · 2021Review
- Use of powered air-purifying respirator(PAPR) as part of protective equipment against SARS-CoV-2-a narrative review and critical appraisal of evidence.American journal of infection control · 2021Review
- Assessing the risk of COVID-19 from multiple pathways of exposure to SARS-CoV-2: Modeling in health-care settings and effectiveness of nonpharmaceutical interventions.Environment international · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has touched almost every continent. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the final line of protection of healthcare workers (HCW). There is variation as well as controversy of infection control recommendation with regards to the use of PPE for HCW between institutions. The aim of this narrative review is to of examine and summarise the available evidence to guide recommendation for the safety of HCW.
methodA literature search was conducted on the PubMed, MedLine and Embase databases with the keywords "personal protective equipment," "COVID 19," "n95," "health care worker" and "mortality."
resultsSARS-nCoV-2 is highly contagious. About 3.5%-20% of HCW has been reported to be infected. The mortality ranges from 0.53% to 1.94%. PPE is part of the measure within a package of prevention and control of pandemic, rather than a replacement of. Respirators are more effective than masks in preventing aerosol transmission to HCWs. Extended use may be considered if guidelines are adhered. Powered air-purifying respirators if available should be used in high-risk procedures.
conclusionTransmission of viruses is multimodal and in the setting of a novel pathogen with high case fatality with no proven effective interventions, PPE that affords the best protection should be available to HCWs.
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