• Hospital practice (1995) · Dec 2020

    Editorial

    Beyond the PPE shortage: Improperly fitting personal protective equipment and COVID-19 transmission among health care professionals.

    • Xue Ming, Carly Ray, and Mahindra Bandari.
    • Neurology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School , Morganville, New Jersey, USA.
    • Hosp Pract (1995). 2020 Dec 1; 48 (5): 246-247.

    AbstractBackground: Personal protective equipment (PPE) use is required when caring for COVID-19 patients. Proper mask fitting is essential in prevention of infectious agent transmission at hospital setting.Methods and Results: We describe three cases of health care professionals (HCP) in a COVID-19 designated ward with positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR results, and were found to have improperly fitted masks.Conclusion: These cases of improperly fitting masks in HCP may have contributed to their eventual COVID-19 infection. These cases raise the important issue of PPE fitting. Abbreviations: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Health Care Professional (HCP), Real-time PCR (RT-PCR).

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