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Evaluating lubricant performance to reduce COVID-19 PPE-related skin injury
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers around the world are experiencing skin injury due to the extended use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. These injuries are the result of high shear stresses acting on the skin, caused by friction with the PPE. This study aims to provi...
Autores principales: | Masen, Marc A., Chung, Aaron, Dawczyk, Joanna U., Dunning, Zach, Edwards, Lydia, Guyott, Christopher, Hall, Thomas A. G., Januszewski, Rachel C., Jiang, Shaoli, Jobanputra, Rikeen D., Karunaseelan, Kabelan J., Kalogeropoulos, Nikolaos, Lima, Maria R., Mancero Castillo, C. Sebastian, Mohammed, Idris K., Murali, Manoj, Paszkiewicz, Filip P., Plotczyk, Magdalena, Pruncu, Catalin I., Rodgers, Euan, Russell, Felix, Silversides, Richard, Stoddart, Jennifer C., Tan, Zhengchu, Uribe, David, Yap, Kian K., Zhou, Xue, Vaidyanathan, Ravi |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7514078/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32970710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239363 |
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