Personal Protective Equipment for Filovirus Epidemics: A Call for Better Evidence

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of worker protection during filovirus outbreaks. The need to protect against a highly virulent fluid-borne pathogen in the tropical environment imposes a heat stress on the wearer that is itself a safety risk. No evidence supports the choice o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sprecher, Armand G., Caluwaerts, An, Draper, Mike, Feldmann, Heinz, Frey, Clifford P., Funk, Renée H., Kobinger, Gary, Le Duc, James W., Spiropoulou, Christina, Williams, Warren Jon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
Materias:
Ebola and Marburg Viruses-Research, Outbreak Management, Epidemiology and Ecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25821225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv153
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Sumario:Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an important part of worker protection during filovirus outbreaks. The need to protect against a highly virulent fluid-borne pathogen in the tropical environment imposes a heat stress on the wearer that is itself a safety risk. No evidence supports the choice of PPE employed in recent outbreaks, and standard testing procedures employed by the protective garment industry do not well simulate filovirus exposure. Further research is needed to determine the appropriate PPE for filoviruses and the heat stress that it imposes.

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