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The scandals of covid-19
Covid-19: Exposing frontline NHS staff to dangers by asking them to reuse PPE
BMJ 2020; 369 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m1911 (Published 14 May 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;369:m1911
- Sibte Hadi, reader and associate professor
- School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK
- shadi{at}uclan.ac.uk
Abbasi has aptly pointed out a few scandals around the pandemic we are facing.1 In this context a pertinent matter is personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline NHS staff.
In 2018 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) England explored the required PPE for frontline staff during the care of highly infectious patients.2 Some of the key conclusions of this study were that basic PPE was insufficient to protect staff. The basic …
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