The use of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary pediatric hospital.
J Healthc Risk Manag
; 40(4): 38-44, 2021 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1047184
ABSTRACT
The provision of health care in the perioperative setting has undergone significant changes due to severe respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Hospital facilities have been tasked with developing and implementing personal protective equipment (PPE) protocols to protect both medical providers and patients. Texas Children's Hospital has created a set of protocols for donning and doffing PPE while managing surgical pediatric patients. These requirements have undergone numerous modifications as a result of our internal infrastructural recommendations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, which has led to more lenient regulations. While these perioperative PPE protocols were less stringent compared to the original guidelines, we were able to create a safe surgical environment without further exposing patients and health care providers to SARS-CoV-2. In this article, we detail the design, distribution, implementation, and modification of our institutional surgical PPE protocols.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Infection Control
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Health Personnel
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Pandemics
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Tertiary Care Centers
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COVID-19
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Hospitals, Pediatric
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Healthc Risk Manag
Journal subject:
Hospitals
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Health Services
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jhrm.21460
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