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.

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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
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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
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author Glancey, Margaret
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spelling pubmed-54870932017-06-30 Design Improvements for Personal Protective Equipment Used in Ebola and Other Epidemic Outbreaks Glancey, Margaret Osei, Patience Patterson, William Alexander Petney, Matthew Scavo, Laura Ruparelia, Chandrakant Acharya, Soumyadipta Yazdi, Youseph Glob Health Sci Pract Innovation 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. Global Health: Science and Practice 2017-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5487093/ /pubmed/28634193 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00152 Text en © Glancey et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-17-00152
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Design Improvements for Personal Protective Equipment Used in Ebola and Other Epidemic Outbreaks
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title_fullStr Design Improvements for Personal Protective Equipment Used in Ebola and Other Epidemic Outbreaks
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