Exposure to a Surrogate Measure of Contamination From Simulated Patients by Emergency Department Personnel Wearing Personal Protective Equipment

JAMA. 2020 May 26;323(20):2091-2093. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.6633.

Abstract

This study uses an atomizer and fluorescent markers to simulate contamination of uncovered skin and hair of health care workers wearing personal protective equipment after intubating patient manikins under emergency conditions.

MeSH terms

  • Aerosols
  • Aged
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Cough / virology
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Fluorescence
  • Health Personnel*
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Israel
  • Manikins*
  • Medical Staff, Hospital*
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital*
  • Occupational Exposure / prevention & control*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Personal Protective Equipment*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • Protective Clothing
  • Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects
  • Respiration, Artificial / methods
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Skin

Substances

  • Aerosols