Are UK doctors getting sufficient protective equipment against covid-19?

• Published in: BMJ Vol. 369; p. m1297
• Main Author: Sayburn, Anna
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 02.04.2020; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Aerosols; Anesthesia; Bronchoscopy; Contamination; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Drilling; Endoscopy; Extubation; Eye protection; Feature; Gloves; Hospitals; Intensive care; Intensive care units; Intubation; Masks; Mechanical ventilation; Medical personnel; Ostomy; Patients; Personal protective equipment; Pharynx; Physicians; Pressure; Primary care; Public health; Respiratory tract; Sputum; Suctioning; Supplies; Surgery; Tracheostomy; Ventilators; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US

Revised guidelines from Public Health England recommend that healthcare workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed covid-19 should “have access to the PPE that protects them for the appropriate setting and context” and that “risk is not uniform and so elements of the updated guideline a...