Evaluating lubricant performance to reduce COVID-19 PPE-related skin injury.

Evaluating lubricant performance to reduce COVID-19 PPE-related skin injury.

<h4>Background</h4>Healthcare workers around the world are experiencing skin injury due to the extended use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. These injuries are the result of high shear stresses acting on the skin, caused by friction with the PPE. This...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marc A Masen, Aaron Chung, Joanna U Dawczyk, Zach Dunning, Lydia Edwards, Christopher Guyott, Thomas A G Hall, Rachel C Januszewski, Shaoli Jiang, Rikeen D Jobanputra, Kabelan J Karunaseelan, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Maria R Lima, C Sebastian Mancero Castillo, Idris K Mohammed, Manoj Murali, Filip P Paszkiewicz, Magdalena Plotczyk, Catalin I Pruncu, Euan Rodgers, Felix Russell, Richard Silversides, Jennifer C Stoddart, Zhengchu Tan, David Uribe, Kian K Yap, Xue Zhou, Ravi Vaidyanathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239363

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239363

Similar Items