ADVERSE SKIN REACTIONS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ON HEALTH CARE WORKERS AGAINST COVID -19
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Title
ADVERSE SKIN REACTIONS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ON HEALTH CARE WORKERS AGAINST COVID -19
Creator
Santosh M. Soraganvi
Revanshiddayya S. Hiremath
Panchaksharayya S. Hiremath
Manjunath D. Marad
Eknath P. Jadhav
Gavishiddappa A. Hadimani
Date
2020-10-25
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
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Item Type
Journal Article
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.4584515
ISSN
2522-7165
Abstract Note
The coronavirus outbreak, which was first detected in China, has infected people in 185 countries. COVID-19 is a pneumonia-like disease caused by a new coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, that is similar to the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To study the prevalence of adverse reactions of wearing PPE among healthcare workers in Karnataka India during the Covid -19 outbreak. Twenty-one-day observation were made on twenty laboratory health workers and observed hazardous skin effect on health workers wearing PPE long hours during working period. long hour wearing of PPE in our study found respiratory complications, sweating and skin damage. Adequate dermatological knowledge of PPE use and design and extensive comprehensive training is important in risk of pandemic outbreak.
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2023-01-07 23:52:31
Date
2020-10-25
Language
en
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littlebaypublishers.com
Pages
16-19
Publication Title
South East Asia Journal of Medical Sciences
Title
ADVERSE SKIN REACTIONS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ON HEALTH CARE WORKERS AGAINST COVID -19
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https://littlebaypublishers.com/index.php/seajournalms/article/view/77
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Santosh M. Soraganvi et al., “ADVERSE SKIN REACTIONS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ON HEALTH CARE WORKERS AGAINST COVID -19,” Open Access Journal Archives, accessed March 22, 2023, https://www.oajour.info/items/show/1834.