RT Book, Section
A1 Mertens, Avalon
A1 Go, Ronaldo C.
A2 Go, Ronaldo C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184737538
T1 Personal Protective Equipment
T2 Understanding Crisis in Critical Care
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264258710
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184737538
RD 2024/04/24
AB Personal  protective  equipment  (PPE)  is  necessary  to  ensure  the  safety  of  the  health  care  provider  while  providing  high  quality  patient  care.  In  a  crisis,  there  should  be  a  concern  for  shortages  on  PPE.  Understanding  the  etiology  of  the  crisis  and  level  of  PPE  is  paramount.  Then,  mobilization  of  the  health  care  facility  to  focus  on  the  crisis,  limiting  non-emergent  entry  into  the  patient  room,  and  recycling  mitigate  PPE  shortages.  This  chapter  will  discuss  levels  of  PPE  and  the  requirements  for  various  pathogens.  Due  to  the  immense  increase  in  use  of  PPE  during  the  COVID-19  pandemic,  techniques  for  recycling  different  aspects  of  PPE  were  revisited,  analyzed,  and  examined  anew.  We  review  the  types  of  PPE,  mechanisms,  and  safety  of  reusing  PPE,  as  well  as  other  techniques  to  minimize  PPE  and  to  keep  front-line  health  care  workers  safe.