Personal protective equipment (PPE) in a pandemic : approaches to PPE preservation for South African healthcare facilities

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dc.contributor.authorLe Roux, C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDramowski, A.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-05T07:03:08Z
dc.date.available2020-05-05T07:03:08Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-30
dc.descriptionCITATION: Le Roux, C. & Dramowski, A. 2020. Personal protective equipment (PPE) in a pandemic : approaches to PPE preservation for South African healthcare facilities. South African Medical Journal 2020;110(6), doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i6.14831.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractPersonal protective equipment (PPE) is key to protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19 infection, but the pandemic has disrupted supply chains globally and necessitated rapid review of the scientific evidence for PPE re-use. In South Africa, where the COVID-19 epidemic is still developing, healthcare facilities have a short window of opportunity to improve PPE supply chains, train staff on prudent PPE use, and devise plans to track and manage the inevitable increases in PPE demand. This article discusses the available PPE preservation strategies and addresses the issue of decontamination and re-use of N95 respirators as a last-resort strategy for critical shortages during the pandemic.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/12938
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent3 pages
dc.identifier.citationLe Roux, C. & Dramowski, A. 2020. Personal protective equipment (PPE) in a pandemic : approaches to PPE preservation for South African healthcare facilities. South African Medical Journal 2020;110(6), doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i6.14831.
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i6.14831
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/108533
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectCOVID-19 (Disease) -- Safety measuresen_ZA
dc.subjectProtective clothingen_ZA
dc.subjectPersonal protective equipmenten_ZA
dc.subjectEpidemics -- Safety measuresen_ZA
dc.titlePersonal protective equipment (PPE) in a pandemic : approaches to PPE preservation for South African healthcare facilitiesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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