Design Improvements for Personal Protective Equipment Used in Ebola and Other Epidemic Outbreaks

We redesigned the personal protective equipment ensemble widely used during the 2014 Ebola outbreak into a relatively simpler and more versatile coverall and hood, to improve protection and usability for frontline workers treating patients in infectious disease outbreaks around the world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Glancey, Margaret, Osei, Patience, Patterson, William Alexander, Petney, Matthew, Scavo, Laura, Ruparelia, Chandrakant, Acharya, Soumyadipta, Yazdi, Youseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2017
Materias:
Innovation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5487093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28634193
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00152
Descripción
Sumario:We redesigned the personal protective equipment ensemble widely used during the 2014 Ebola outbreak into a relatively simpler and more versatile coverall and hood, to improve protection and usability for frontline workers treating patients in infectious disease outbreaks around the world.

Ejemplares similares