呼吸系统保护:从全球流行病中吸取的教训
Marta Figueroa1, Kathleen M McMullen2, Elizabeth Kruger3
1Environmental Health and Safety, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Risk management and healthcare policy
|September 6, 2023
概括
COVID-19大流行凸显了医疗保健个人防护设备 (PPE) 供应链中的关键缺口. 建议侧重于改善呼吸道保护策略,沟通和研究,以应对未来的公共卫生事件.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 预防感染 预防感染
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行揭示了全球卫生系统的重大漏洞,特别是个人防护设备 (PPE) 的可用性.
- 呼吸道保护装置的短缺严重影响了医疗保健机构管理大流行病快速传播的能力.
研究的目的:
- 讨论在COVID-19流行病的初始阶段选择和使用呼吸道保护装置的挑战和策略.
- 为加强医疗保健机构对未来公共卫生紧急情况的准备能力制定建议.
主要方法:
- 召集了来自不同背景的医疗保健专业人员的咨询小组,包括职业和环境健康和安全 (OEHS),感染预防,护理和临床应用专家.
- 促进了关于COVID-19大流行第一年关于呼吸系统保护的经验和挑战的讨论.
主要成果:
- 确定需要明确沟通与美国监管标准一致的替代呼吸道保护指南.
- 强调了部门间合作的必要性 (感染预防,OEHS,临床人员,供应链,领导,财务).
- 强调了适当的库存,库存管理以及医疗保健工作者多样化的呼吸器选择的重要性.
结论:
- 提倡有效的沟通和培训策略,以了解不断变化的呼吸保护建议.
- 呼吁进一步研究过面部呼吸器 (FFR) 和可重复使用的呼吸器的使用,以平衡感染控制与可持续性.
- 结论是,这些考虑可以指导医疗保健设施面临公共卫生事件的准备,沟通,教育和培训.
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