Online survey on healthcare skin reactions for wearing medical-grade protective equipment against COVID-19 in Hubei Province, China.

ABSTRACT: With the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 globally, more than 40,000 healthcare staff rushed to Wuhan, Hubei Province to fight against this threatening disease. All staff had to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) for several hours when caring for patients, which resulted in adverse skin reactions and injuries. In this study, we used an online questionnaire to collect the self-reported skin damages among the first-line medical staff in the epidemic. The questionnaire was designed by four front-line wound care nurses and then revised through Delphi consultants. Items mainly focused on the adverse skin reactions and preventive strategies. The survey was distributed through phone application from March 15th to March 20th and received 275 responses in total. The prevalence of skin react

SUBMITTER: Yuan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8084174 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature