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Title: | The sourcing and use of high physical resemblance personal protective equipment to train healthcare workers, improve confidence and conserve medical-grade equipment. |
Author: | Bumpstead, S. Lim, Zheng J. Kuhn, L. Flynn, D. Bakos, C.-L. Potter, E. Egerton-Warburton, D. |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publication Title: | Journal of Hospital Infection |
Volume: | 112 |
Start Page: | 104 |
End Page: | 107 |
Abstract: | Personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential for healthcare worker (HCW) safety. Conservation of PPE for clinical use during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced its availability for training, necessitating an innovative approach to sourcing high physical resemblance PPE (HPR-PPE). We present a case study of crowd-sourcing of HPR-PPE to train HCWs. Survey results indicated that HPR-PPE enabled high-fidelity practise of PPE application and removal, aided procedure recall, improved user confidence and was sufficiently similar to medical-grade PPE. HPR-PPE provided a novel and cost-effective alternative. We also demonstrated that medical-grade PPE can be sourced from non-medical institutions and businesses during a pandemic. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11054/1772 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.003 |
Internal ID Number: | 01726 |
Health Subject: | COVID-19 HEALTHCARE WORKER INFECTION TRANSMISSION OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) SIMULATION TRAINING |
Type: | Journal Article Article |
Appears in Collections: | Research Output |
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