ListarResources in English por tema "Health Personnel"
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Antimicrobial mouthwashes (gargling) and nasal sprays administered to patients with suspected or confirmed COVID‐19 infection to improve patient outcomes and to protect healthcare workers treating them
(2020)Background: COVID‐19 infection poses a serious risk to patients and – due to its contagious nature – to those healthcare workers (HCWs) treating them. If the mouth and nose of patients with infection are irrigated with ... -
Association of Personal Protective Equipment Use with Successful Protection Against COVID-19 Infection Among
(2020-04-28)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major challenge for protecting health care workers (HCWs) against the infection. Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in health care workplace is recommended ... -
Behavioural interventions to promote workers’ use of respiratory protective equipment: no evidence that they have much effect
(2020-03-24)What is this? Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) is worn by a variety of workers to protect them from hazards they encounter in their workplace. However, RPE can only be effective if worn properly, removed safely and ... -
Cardiovascular Considerations for Patients, Health Care Workers, and Health Systems During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
(2020-03-19)The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 that has significant implications for the cardiovascular care of patients. First, those with COVID-19 ... -
Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–April 9, 2020
(2020-04-14)What is already known about this topic? Limited information is available about COVID-19 infections among U.S. health care personnel (HCP). What is added by this report? Of 9,282 U.S. COVID-19 cases reported among HCP, ... -
Clinical characteristics of 54 medical staff with COVID‐19: A retrospective study in a single center in Wuhan, China
(2020-03-29)In December 2019, an outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐Cov‐2) infection occurred in Wuhan, and rapidly spread to worldwide, which has attracted many people's concerns about the patients. ... -
A comparison of health care worker-collected foam and polyester nasal swabs in convalescent COVID-19 patients
(2020-05-01)Background: The exponential growth of COVID-19 cases and testing has created supply shortages at various points in the testing workflow. As of April 15, 2020 FDA recommendations only allowed for the use of nasopharyngeal, ... -
Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal swab and saliva
(2020-05-24)We prospectively compared the efficacy of PCR detection of SARS-CoV-2 between paired nasopharyngeal and saliva samples in 76 patients including ten COVID-19 patients. The overall concordance rate of the virus detection ... -
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: rights,roles and responsibilities of health workers, including key considerations for occupational safety and health, 18 March 2020
(2020-03-20)Background: Health workers are at the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak response and as such are exposed to hazards that put them at risk of infection. Hazards include pathogen exposure, long working hours, psychological ... -
COVID-19 in healthcare workers in three hospitals in the South of the Netherlands, March 2020
(2020-05-01)Background: Ten days after the first reported case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Netherlands, 3.9% of healthcare workers (HCWs) in nine hospitals located in the South of the Netherlands tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. ... -
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19
(2020-12-18)This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations about care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young ... -
The covid‐19 pandemic, personal protective equipment, and respirator: a narrative review
(2020-06-08)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has touched almost every continent. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is the final line of protection of healthcare workers (HCW). There is variation as well as controversy ... -
Editor’s commentary: Rapid reviews of PPE – an update
(2020-04-14)In early March 2020, as the COVID-19 crisis began to break in the UK, the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine set up the COVID-19 Evidence Service (https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/). We invited questions from policymakers, ... -
Education interventions to improve healthcare workers’ adherence to Standard Precautions for the control of health care-associated infections
(2020-03-22)What is this? Standard Precautions, including using personal protective equipment (PPE) or adhering to safe handling of needles are essential for the prevention and spread of infections, such as COVID-19, in healthcare ... -
E‐learning of evidence‐based health care (EBHC) to increase EBHC competencies in healthcare professionals: a systematic review
(2017-03-02)This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness of e‐learning in improving evidence‐based health care (EBHC) knowledge and practice. Compared to no learning, pure e‐learning improves EBHC knowledge and skills ... -
Facial protection for healthcare workers during pandemics: a scoping review
(2020-04-23)Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages, requiring mask reuse or improvisation. We provide a review of medical-grade facial protection (surgical ... -
Factors associated with the willingness of healthcare workers to work during an influenza public health emergency
(2020-03-26)What is this? An effective public health response to an emergency such as that caused by COVID-19 depends on the majority of uninfected healthcare workers continuing to work. In this integrative review, the author searched ... -
Health workers’ perceptions and experiences of using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis
(2020-03-26)Background: Mobile health (mHealth), refers to healthcare practices supported by mobile devices, such as mobile phones and tablets. Within primary care, health workers often use mobile devices to register clients, track ... -
Healthcare worker mask reuse in a global pandemic: Using idle resources to create an inexpensive, scalable, and accessible UV system for N95 sterilization
(2020-04-24)As the current COVID-19 pandemic illustrates, not all hospitals and other facilities are equipped with enough personal protective equipment to meet the demand in a crisis. Healthcare workers around the world utilize N95 ... -
How can pandemic spreads be contained in care homes?
(2020-04-14)Care home settings serve a primarily elderly population with a diverse range of medical requirements. Care homes are unique in being both health-related institutions and people’s home. In available data the risk of dying ...