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ArticleInteractive journal of medical research2020

Protection of Health Care Professionals During an Epidemic: Medical, Ethical, and Legal Ramifications.

Achuta Guddati

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Article in Interactive journal of medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Achuta GuddatiAugusta University, Augusta, NY, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-0424

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The welfare of health care professionals working in hazardous environments is a concerning issue. Personal protective equipment such as face masks, disposable gowns, hair covers, gloves, and shoe covers is often used to prevent contamination from patient contact and droplets. This is especially relevant during an epidemic, when health care professionals are at elevated risk of infection. Failure to provide adequate protection to health care workers during epidemics has medical, ethical, and legal ramifications.

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COVID-19harmmedical ethicsprotection

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PMID32603309
PMCPMC7380978

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