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Heat stress and PPE during COVID-19: impact on healthcare workers' performance, safety and well-being in NHS settings

Personal protective equipment (PPE) can potentiate heat stress, which may have a negative impact on the wearer's performance, safety and well-being. In view of this, a survey was distributed to healthcare workers (HCWs) required to wear PPE during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the UK...

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Autores principales: Davey, S.L., Lee, B.J., Robbins, T., Randeva, H., Thake, C.D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7720696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33301841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.11.027