A hood shield reduces postdoffing contamination during simulated COVID-19 airway management: an exploratory, simulation-based randomized study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

SARS-CoV-2 poses a significant occupational health threat to health care workers performing aerosol-generating medical procedures, with a threefold increased risk of a positive test and predicted infection compared with the general population. Nevertheless, the personal protective equipment (PPE) configuration that provides better protection with lower contamination rates is still unknown.

Methods

We enrolled 40 practitioners with airway management training (anesthesiologists, anesthesia assistants/nurses) in an exploratory, simulation-based randomized study. We evaluated the performance of a novel, locally designed hood (n = 20) in terms of protection from surrogate contamination using an ultraviolet (UV) marker during a standardized urgent intubation procedure and

SUBMITTER: Munoz-Leyva F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10075501 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature