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Impact of personal protective equipment use on health care workers’ physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, health care workers (HCWs) have been obliged to wear personal protective equipment (PPE). We assessed the impact of PPE use on HCWs’ physical health and we examined factors related to a greater risk of adverse events due to PPE use...

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Autores principales: Galanis, Petros, Vraka, Irene, Fragkou, Despoina, Bilali, Angeliki, Kaitelidou, Daphne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8102386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33965463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.04.084