Personal Protective Equipment

This page collects observations, interpretations, and consequences for action about the PPE for SARS-CoV2. Please observe the structure of the page, when you add your content. Please use references where possible. Remember to find the relevant page. For example, if your observation is about transmission routes, please use that page, instead of posting your content here.

Topic 1

Observations

• PPE is increasingly unavailable for health care workers

Analysis and interpretation

• in time of scarcity, the health care worker is faced with a moral dilemma: do I treat the COVID19 patient without PPE or not?
• is there an alternative for PPE?

Consequences for action

• Governments must ensure availability of PPE
• Clear and evidence-based advice is needed to guide health Care Workers through their job while minimizing the risks of infection