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Satish Kumar Verma1, Sundarakrishnan Dharanipathy1, Ashish Suri1
1Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Background And Introduction:
Donning and doffing of personal protective equipments (PPE) has become relevant especially during COVID-19 pandemic and neurosurgeons operating upon COVID-19 positive or suspect patients should be aware of proper technique of donning and doffing of PPE.[1] Surgeries involving direct exposure of anterior nasal spaces/paranasal sinuses carry significantly more risk of infection and it may be prudent to use PPE while operating all such cases.[2].
Objective:
In this video, we present our extensive protocol of donning and doffing of PPE which we have devised for our operating room.
Technique:
Donning consists of wearing of the PPE in a proper sequence so as to afford maximal protection from viral infection while conducting the surgical procedure. Various components of PPE and procedure of donning is shown followed by doffing, the sequential and safe removal of the PPE.
Results:
A meticulous method of donning and doffing PPE for neurosurgeons handling COVID-19 positive / suspect cases has been shown .
Conclusion:
Proper sequence of donning and doffing of PPE gear is of crucial importance during the COVID pandemic to prevent infection to the health care workers while handling COVID-19 positive/suspect cases and this video demonstrates the protocol we use at our institute.
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