PPE & Safety

Personal Protective Equipment & Safety

Equipamento de Proteção Pessoal & Segurança

Keywords: 3D printable masks, Aerodynamic characteristics, Aerosol, Best practices, Collection and submission os specimens, Contact precautions, Disinfection, Efficacy of face masks, Environmental conditions, Environmental contamination, Extended use and reuse, Face masks, Gloves, Gowns, Guidance for funeral directors, Healthcare personnel, Healthcare premises, N95, Open source, Personal protective equipment, PPE guidance, Protection, Psychological impact, Risk of infection postmortem, RNA concentration, Stability of SARS-CoV-2, Universal masking.
Palavras-chave: Acesso aberto, Aerosol, Aventais, Características aerodinâmicas, Coleta e submissão de espécimes, Concentração de RNA, Condições ambientais, Contaminação ambiental, Contaminação ambiental de superfície, Contaminação do ar, Contaminação do EPI, Desinfecção, Eficácia das máscaras faciais, EPI, Equipamento de proteção individual, Equipamento de proteção pessoal, Estabilidade do SARS-CoV-2, Impacto psicológico, Instalações de saúde, Luvas, Mascaramento geral, Máscaras em impressoras 3D, Máscaras faciais, N95, Open Source, Orientação, Precauções de contato, Profissionais de saúde, Proteção, Protocolos e melhores práticas, Recomendações para diretores de casas funerais, Risco de infecção postmortem, Uso e reuso prolongado.
NOTE: most recent articles always on top | artigos mais recentes sempre em cima

General Safety | Segurança Geral

Kramer DB, Lo B, Dickert NW (May 6, 2020). CPR in the Covid-19 Era — An Ethical Framework. NEJM [GUIDANCE]. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2010758

Godlee F (Apr 22, 2020). Paying the ultimate price. BMJ 2020;369:m1605. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1605

Black JRM, Bailey C, Przewrocka J, Dijkstra KK, Swanton C (Apr 17, 2020). COVID-19: the case for health-care worker screening to prevent hospital transmission. Lancet [ONLINE]. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30917-X

Thornton J (Apr 9, 2020). Clinicians are leading service reconfiguration to cope with covid-19. BMJ 2020;369:m1444. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1444

Chin A, Chu J, Perera M, Hui K, Yen HL, Chan M, et al. (Mar 27, 2020). Stability of SARS-CoV-2 in different environmental conditions. medRxiv [PREPRINT]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.15.20036673

ECDC—European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Mar 26, 2020). Disinfection of environments in healthcare and non-healthcare settings potentially contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 [TECHNICAL REPORT]. Stockholm: ECDC. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/disinfection-environments-covid-19

Ye G, Lin H, Chen L, Wang S, Zeng Z, Wang W, et al. (Mar 16, 2020). Environmental contamination of the SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare premises: An urgent call for protection for healthcare workers. medRxiv [PREPRINT]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.11.20034546

Liu Y, Ning Z, Chen Y, Guo M, Liu Y, Gali NM, et al. (Mar 10, 2020). Aerodynamic Characteristics and RNA Concentration of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol in Wuhan Hospitals during COVID-19 Outbreak. bioRxiv [PREPRINT]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.08.982637

ECDC—European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Feb 18, 2020). Interim guidance for environmental cleaning in non-healthcare facilities exposed to SARS-CoV-2 [TECHNICAL REPORT]. Stockholm: ECDC. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/interim-guidance-environmental-cleaning-non-healthcare-facilities-exposed-2019

Schwartz J, King CC, Yen MY (Mar 12, 2020). Protecting Healthcare Workers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: Lessons From Taiwan’s Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Response. Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciaa255 [CORR. PROOF]. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa255

Research on Personal Protective Equipment | Pesquisa sobre Equipamento de Proteção Individual

Greenhalgh T, Schmid MB, Czypionka T, Bassler D, Gruer L (Apr 9, 2020). Face masks for the public during the covid-19 crisis. BMJ 2020;369:m1435. https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmj.m1435

Klompas M, Morris CA, Sinclair J, Pearson M, Shenoy ES (Apr 1, 2020). Universal Masking in Hospitals in the Covid-19 Era. N Engl J Med [ONLINE]. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2006372

Feng S, Shen C, Xia N, Song W, Fan M, Cowling BJ (Mar 20, 2020). Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine [ONLINE FIRST]. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30134-X

Leung NHL, Chu DKW, Shiu EYC, Chan K-H, McDevitt JJ, Hau BJP, et al. (Mar 7, 2020). Respiratory Virus Shedding in Exhaled Breath and Efficacy of Face Masks. Nature Research [IN REVIEW]. https://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-16836/v1

Ong SWX, Tan YK, Chia PY, Lee TH, Ng OT, Wong MSW, et al. (Mar 4, 2020). Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient. JAMA [ONLINE]. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3227

Wang X, Pan Z, Cheng Z (Mar 3, 2020). Association between 2019-nCoV transmission and N95 respirator use. Journal of Hospital Infection [CORR. PROOF]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2020.02.021

Hwang SY, Yoon H, Yoon A, Kim T, Lee G, Jung KY, et al. (Jan 2020). N95 filtering facepiece respirators do not reliably afford respiratory protection during chest compression: A simulation study. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 38(1), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.041

Reddy SC, Valderrama AL, Kuhar DT (2019). Improving the Use of Personal Protective Equipment: Applying Lessons Learned. Clinical Infectious Diseases 69(S3), S165–S170. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz619

Mills D, Harnish DA, Lawrence C, Sandoval-Powers M, Heimbuch BK (Jul 2018). Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation of influenza-contaminated N95 filtering facepiece respirators. American Journal of Infection Control 46(7), e49-e55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.02.018

Kim JH, Wu T, Powell JB, Roberge RJ (2016). Physiologic and fit factor profiles of N95 and P100 filtering facepiece respirators for use in hot, humid environments. American Journal of Infection Control 44(2), 194-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2015.08.027

Benson SM, Novak DA, Ogg MJ (2013). Proper Use of Surgical N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks in the OR. AORN Journal 97(4), 457-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2013.01.015

Derrick JL, Gomersall CD (2005). Protecting healthcare staff from severe acute respiratory syndrome: filtration capacity of multiple surgical masks. Journal of Hospital Infection 59(4), 365-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.013

PPE Guidance & Protocols | Orientação & Protocolos sobre EPI

CDC & NIOSH (updated Mar 27, 2020). Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Settings. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/hcwcontrols/recommendedguidanceextuse.html

Mount Sinai (updated Mar 23, 2020). MSHS COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Practices. https://www.mountsinai.org/files/MSHealth/Assets/HS/About/Coronavirus/MSHS-COVID-19-PPE-Practices.pdf

Nebraska Medicine COVID-19 PPE Guidance (Mar 19, 2020). Extended Use and Limited Reuse of Disposable Facemasks, Respirators and Protective Eyewear. https://www.nebraskamed.com/sites/default/files/documents/covid-19/COVID-Extended-Use-Reuse-of-PPE-and-N95.pdf

University of Maryland (Mar 12, 2020). Guidance for Extended Use and Reuse of Facemasks, Respirators, and Protective Eyewear. https://www.mhaonline.org/docs/default-source/resources/coronavirus/guidance-for-extended-use-and-reuse-of-facemasks-respirators-and-protective-eyewear-(mar-12).pdf

Open Source Masks for 3D Printers | Máscaras 'Open Source' para Impressoras 3D

Copper3D (Mar 21, 2020). NanoHack 3D Printing Specifications (Copper3D_Release2) [REPORT]. https://copper3d.com/pdf/Copper3D_Release2.pdf

filament2print (Mar 20, 2020). How to make a mask using 3D printing. https://filament2print.com/gb/blog/84_make-mask-3d-printing.html

3Dnatives (Mar 19, 2020). NanoHack, an open-source 3D printed mask against COVID-19 [NEWS]. https://www.3dnatives.com/en/mask-against-covid-19-180320205/

MakerBot Thingiverse (Mar 18, 2020). Mask NanoHack (coronavirus / covid-19) [STL FILES]. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4229846/files

Postmortem & Funeral Procedures | Postmortem & Processos Funerais

CDC (updated Mar 25, 2020). Interim Guidance for Collection and Submission of Postmortem Specimens from Deceased Persons Under Investigation (PUI) for COVID-19. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-postmortem-specimens.html

ECDC (Mar 23, 2020). Considerations related to the safe handling of bodies of deceased persons with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 [TECHNICAL REPORT]. Stockholm: ECDC. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/COVID-19-safe-handling-of-bodies-or-persons-dying-from-COVID19.pdf

NFDA (Mar 2020). CDC COVID-19 Guidance for Funeral Directors. https://www.nfda.org/covid-19

NSW (Mar 2020). COVID-19 – Handling of bodies by funeral directors. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/covid-19-funeral-directors.aspx

Costa T, Akdeniz N (2019). A review of the animal disease outbreaks and biosecure animal mortality composting systems. Waste Management 90, 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2019.04.047

Mahallawi WH (2018). Case report: Detection of the Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) in nasal secretions of a dead human. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences 13(3), 302-304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2017.07.004

Davidson SS, Benjamin Jr. WH (2006). Risk of infection and tracking of work-related infectious diseases in the funeral industry. American Journal of Infection Control 34(10), 655-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2006.05.290

Psychological Impact | Impacto Psicológico

Tan BY, Chew NW, Lee GK, Jing M, Goh Y, Yeo LLL, et al. (Apr 6, 2020). Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Workers in Singapore. Ann Intern Med [Epub ahead of print]. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-1083