Aerosol containment box to the rescue: extra protection for the front line.
Emerg Med J
; 37(7): 400-401, 2020 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-596874
ABSTRACT
As the COVID-19 pandemic has created shortages of vital personal protective equipment that threatens healthcare workers' risk of exposure, a need for innovative new ways to protect healthcare workers has emerged. An aerosol containment box that covers the patient's head and neck in bed provides a solution to protect clinicians during aerosol-generating procedures such as intubation. We collaborated with original designer HYL and modified the size to adapt to larger patients and operator mobility. We expand its applicability by allowing the use of different instruments. The container is outfitted with an ultra-low particulate air-equipped filtration vacuum device to create negative pressure within the chamber and actively remove floating droplet nuclei generated during a procedure. This barrier method will be a valuable and economical option to protect healthcare workers on the front line globally during this pandemic and beyond.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Protective Devices
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Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
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Coronavirus Infections
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Intubation, Intratracheal
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Emerg Med J
Journal subject:
Emergency Medicine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Emermed-2020-209829
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