Khan Mubarak M, Parab Sapna R
Sushrut ENT Hospital and Dr. Khan's ENT Research Center, Talegaon Dabhade, India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Mar;73(1):85-86. doi: 10.1007/s12070-020-01865-2. Epub 2020 Apr 30.
Face shields are personal protective equipment devices that are to be used by many health care workers during COVID 19 pandemic for protection of the facial area and associated mucous membranes (eyes, nose, mouth) from droplet spread of infection. Face shields are generally not used alone, but in conjunction with other protective equipment like cap, mask, goggle, and are therefore classified as adjunctive personal protective equipment. In the wake of scarcity of face shields during the COVID 19 Pandemic, consideration of innovating newer methods of manufacturing must be considered to overcome the present day scarcity without jeopardising the safety of front line Heath care workers. All initial fast innovations comes with advantages and disadvantages, hence we thought of putting down simple guidelines for new emerged face shield use.
面罩是个人防护装备,在新冠疫情期间,许多医护人员使用它来保护面部区域及相关黏膜(眼睛、鼻子、嘴巴)免受感染性飞沫传播。面罩一般不单独使用,而是与帽子、口罩、护目镜等其他防护装备一起使用,因此被归类为辅助性个人防护装备。在新冠疫情期间面罩短缺的情况下,必须考虑创新制造新方法,以克服当前的短缺状况,同时又不危及一线医护人员的安全。所有最初的快速创新都有优点和缺点,因此我们想为新出现的面罩使用制定简单的指南。