Personal protective equipment for surgeons during COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review of availability, usage and rationing

Jessop, Zita M.; Dobbs, Thomas D.; Ali, Stephen R; Combellack, Emman; Clancy, Rachel; Ibrahim, N. B. N.; Jovic, Thomas H.; Kaur, Anjana J; Nijran, Amit; O’Neill, Tomás; Whitaker, Iain S.

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“…The COVID-19 has shattered the daily routine, business, schools, lifestyle and economy of the globe. Social distancing and self-quarantine aim to slow down the increase of new infections, thereby avoiding a surge in demand on health care systems 10 . Some measures such as telemedicine are recommended to reduce hospital visits for some mild injuries 11,12 .…”

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“…The initial clinician is responsible for the diagnosis and preliminary management of the injuries throughout the whole process. As direct contact is a high risk for healthcare professionals performing wound care, surgery and resuscitation 10,18 . Appropriate use of personal protective equipment, as well as strict disinfection and hand hygiene are requested to every clinician 10,19 .…”

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“…As direct contact is a high risk for healthcare professionals performing wound care, surgery and resuscitation 10,18 . Appropriate use of personal protective equipment, as well as strict disinfection and hand hygiene are requested to every clinician 10,19 . Under the premise of ensuring inspection, the time of emergency preoperative preparation was not signi cantly prolonged during the epidemic period.…”

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Clinical Analysis to the Cause of Hand Injuries and Its Countermeasures During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Work Resumption Period

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Zhou

Lü

2020

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Abstract Background: Under the new circumstance of COVID-19 pandemic, a full cognition of hand injury patterns may help with the injury prevention of the factories and management of medical institutions.Methods: 38 patients were admitted to the orthopedics department with an emergent hand injury, were retrospectively collected from January 23th, 2020 to March 23,2020 . Information about demographics, type of injury, location of the injury, side of the lesion, mechanism of the injury, place where injuries occurred, surgical management and outcome was collected.Results: The number of total emergency visits of hand injury during the outbreak of COVID-19 decreased 37% from the same period of last year, and during the work resumption it had achieved an increase of 25.7%. Most of the injured patients during the stage of COVID-19 outbreak were women (60%) with a mean age of 56.7, while in the stage of work resumption were men (82.1%) with a mean age of 47.4. Most of the injury occurred at work (60.7%), and machine injury was the most frequent injury mechanism (67.9%). Fingers were the most common injured part. The majority of the injuries were classified to be minor or moderate (90%) in the outbreak, and major (42.9%) in the work resumption.Conclusion: We found an increased number of hand injuries, especially machine injury during the period of people returning to work after the outbreak of COVID-19. Medical institutions should be aware of the pattern of hand injuries during this special time in order to prepare services accordingly. Level of evidence: Level IV.

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2020

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“…In addition, the WHO guidelines are very strict regarding the mask specifications that must fulfill the minimum requirement of filtering 99.9% of microorganisms and viruses [ 32 ]. Surgical masks do not meet these requirements since they only filter 67% of pathogens due to the pore size; therefore, their usefulness is reduced to less than an hour [ 32 ].…”

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Biomedical Science to Tackle the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Status and Future Perspectives

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The coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) pandemic emerged at the end of 2019, and was caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has resulted in an unprecedented health and economic crisis worldwide. One key aspect, compared to other recent pandemics, is the level of urgency, which has started a race for finding adequate answers. Solutions for efficient prevention approaches, rapid, reliable, and high throughput diagnostics, monitoring, and safe therapies are needed. Research across the world has been directed to fight against COVID-19. Biomedical science has been presented as a possible area for combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus due to the unique challenges raised by the pandemic, as reported by epidemiologists, immunologists, and medical doctors, including COVID-19’s survival, symptoms, protein surface composition, and infection mechanisms. While the current knowledge about the SARS-CoV-2 virus is still limited, various (old and new) biomedical approaches have been developed and tested. Here, we review the current status and future perspectives of biomedical science in the context of COVID-19, including nanotechnology, prevention through vaccine engineering, diagnostic, monitoring, and therapy. This review is aimed at discussing the current impact of biomedical science in healthcare for the management of COVID-19, as well as some challenges to be addressed.

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“…Whilst surgical intervention is being reserved for the most critical cases 1 , operating on patients who are COVID-19 positive poses an increased infection risk to surgical teams. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is being employed to reduce risk of transmission but this may rapidly become in shortage 2 . Telesurgery helps reduce the number of healthcare professionals required to be physically present during a procedure, which in turn decreases risk of viral transmission and consumption of PPE.…”

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Employing augmented reality telesurgery for COVID-19 positive surgical patients

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British Journal of Surgery

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Personal protective equipment for surgeons during COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review of availability, usage and rationing

Cited by 126 publications

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Clinical Analysis to the Cause of Hand Injuries and Its Countermeasures During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Work Resumption Period

Clinical Analysis to the Cause of Hand Injuries and Its Countermeasures During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Work Resumption Period

Biomedical Science to Tackle the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Status and Future Perspectives

Employing augmented reality telesurgery for COVID-19 positive surgical patients

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