@inbook{Gibbon_E-2021_54407,
title = {What Not to Do with PPE: A Digital Application to Raise Awareness of Proper PPE Protocol},
author = {Gibbon, E. and Poyade, M. and Rea, P. and Fitzpatrick, D.},
month = {sep},
year = {2021},
abstract = {With a rise in personal protective equipment (PPE) use by all healthcare professionals (HCP) as a prime infection control strategy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic comes the potential increase in its misuse. Evidence suggests this failure to follow proper PPE protocol to prevent self-contamination and transmission can be attributed to both a lack of formal training and guidance and, now, atrophy of infrequently used skills, with many senior professionals demonstrating a lack of proficiency despite years of service. Previous research shows current written and illustrated instructional material depicting PPE guidelines are abundant but does not provide an answer on how best to target violations in protocol and better instruct those that are providing pre-hospital emergency healthcare.},
pages = {55-79},
volume = {10},
journal = {Biomedical Visualisation},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76951-2_4},
}
