• Wenhui Tan, Yuying Ye, Yijing Yang, Zhu Chen, Xinglong Yang, Caizhong Zhu, Dong Chen, Junyuan Tan, and Cheng Zhen.
• The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
• J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2020 Jun 1; 62 (6): 420-423.

ObjectiveTo develop an emergency training program of personal protective equipment (PPE) for general healthcare workers (HCWs) who may be under the threat of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and evaluate the effect of the program.MethodsA three-stage training program was designed. The complete clinical workflow together with infectious disease ward was simulated. To verify the effect of the program, an experimental training with pre- and post-test was conducted before large-scale training.ResultsPost-test scores were significantly improved when compared with the pre-test scores. Among all PPE, N95 respirator and protective coverall needed training most. Meanwhile, "proficiency level" and "mutual check & help" also needed to be strengthened as independent scoring points.ConclusionThis training program significantly improved the performances of participants. It may therefore be applied for general HCWs on a larger scale.

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