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COVID-19-associated shortage of alcohol-based hand rubs, face masks, medical gloves, and gowns: proposal for a risk-adapted approach to ensure patient and healthcare worker safety

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 105; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.041

1532-2939

Günter Kampf, Simone Scheithauer, Sebastian Lemmen, Philippe Saliou, Miranda Suchomel,

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a huge demand for alcohol-based hand rubs, medical gloves, face masks, and gowns in healthcare and from the public. More and more hospitals face a serious shortage of these articles. We propose a risk-adapted approach to ensure adequate patient and healthcare worker safety for as long as possible.