Whole-Process Emergency Training of Personal Protective Equipment Helps Healthcare Workers Against COVID-19: Design and Effect.

Tan, Wenhui; Ye, Yuying; Yang, Yijing; Chen, Zhu; Yang, Xinglong; Zhu, Caizhong; Chen, Dong; Tan, Junyuan et al. · J Occup Environ Med · 2020

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Abstract

To 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. A 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. Post-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. This training program significantly improved the performances of participants. It may therefore be applied for general HCWs on a larger scale.

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