Use of personal protective equipment against coronavirus disease 2019 by healthcare professionals in Wuhan, China: cross sectional study

• Published in: BMJ (Online) Vol. 369; p. m2195
• Main Authors: Liu, Min, Cheng, Shou-Zhen, Xu, Ke-Wei, Yang, Yang, Zhu, Qing-Tang, Zhang, Hui, Yang, Da-Ya, Cheng, Shu-Yuan, Xiao, Han, Wang, Ji-Wen, Yao, He-Rui, Cong, Yu-Tian, Zhou, Yu-Qi, Peng, Sui, Kuang, Ming, Hou, Fan-Fan, Cheng, KK, Xiao, Hai-Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 10.06.2020; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Betacoronavirus; China; Clinical medicine; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control; Coronaviruses; Cough; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease control; Dyspnea; Epidemics; Female; Fever; Health Personnel; Hospitals; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin M; Infection Control - instrumentation; Infections; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control; Intensive care; Intensive Care Units; Intubation; Male; Masks; Medical supplies; Middle Aged; Nucleic acids; Nurses; Nursing care; Occupational Exposure - prevention & control; Ostomy; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Patients; Personal protective equipment; Personal Protective Equipment - supply & distribution; Physicians; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control; Quarantine; Questionnaires; Respiration; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Testing laboratories; Training; China; Wuhan China

AbstractObjectiveTo examine the protective effects of appropriate personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare professionals who provided care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19).DesignCross sectional study.SettingFour hospitals in Wuhan, China.Participants420 healthcare...