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245 0 4 _aThe adverse skin reactions of health care workers using personal protective equipment for COVID-19 /
_cKaihui Hu [and five others]
520 3 _aIn December 2019, a new coronavirus was found in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and spread rapidly throughout the country, attracting global attention. On February 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially named the disease caused by 2019-nCoV coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). With the increasing number of cases, health care workers (HCWs) from all over China volunteered to work in Hubei Province. Because of the strong infectivity of COVID-19, HCWs need to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), such as N95 masks, latex gloves, and protective clothing. Due to the long-term use of PPE, many adverse skin reactions may occur. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the adverse skin reactions among HCWs using PPE.Questionnaires were used for the research; a quantitative study was carried out to determine the incidence of adverse skin reactions among HCWs using PPE.A total of 61 valid questionnaires were collected. The most common adverse skin reactions among HCWs wearing N95 masks were nasal bridge scarring (68.9%) and facial itching (27.9%). The most common adverse skin reactions among HCWs wearing latex gloves were dry skin (55.7%), itching (31.2%), and rash (23.0%). The most common adverse skin reactions among HCWs wearing protective clothing were dry skin (36.1%) and itching (34.4%).When most HCWs wear PPE for a long period of time, they will experience adverse skin reactions. The incidence of adverse skin reactions to the N95 mask was 95.1%, that to latex gloves was 88.5%, and that to protective clothing was 60.7%.
580 _a Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Jun 12; 99 (24): e20603. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000020603
650 2 _aPersonal Protective Equipment
_xadverse effects
650 2 _aHypersensitivity
650 2 _aHealth Personnel
650 2 _aSkin Disease
_xetiology
700 1 _aKaihui Hu
700 1 _aJing Fan
700 1 _aXueqin Li
700 1 _aXin Gou
700 1 _aXinyuan Li
700 1 _a Xiang Zhou
856 _uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302613/
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