Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Guidance

1. UPDATE: The Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Anesthesia Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic - NEW
2. Personal protective equipment (PPE) for both anesthesiologists and other airway managers: principles and practice during the COVID-19 pandemic 
3. UPDATE: The Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Anesthesia Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic | American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
4. TJC: PPE use from home 
5. Council of Medical Specialty Societies: PPE Statement 
6. A Guide to Air-Purifying Respirators, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2018-176
7. CDC - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
8. N95 Respirators and Surgical Masks (Face Masks) | FDA
9. Cal/OSHA Guidance on Requirements to Protect Workers from Coronavirus
10. The Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Anesthesia Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic
11. FDA Face Mask and Respirator Policy in COVID-19 (2020)
12. PPE Considerations for Airway Management Personnel 

Donning & Doffing 

1. Donning PPE: Introduction Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease)

2. SEQUENCE FOR PUTTING ON PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) 

    

1. NIH study validates decontamination methods for re-use of N95 respirators - NEW
2. COVID-19 Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators | CDC

3. CDC - Recommended Guidance for Extended Use and Limited Reuse of N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirators in Healthcare Settings - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic

4. Medical Glove Conservation Strategies: Letter to Health Care Providers

5.  D-19: Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of PPE

PPE Sourcing & Supply Chain 

1.  Project N95: The National COVID-19 Critical Equipment Clearinghouse - NEW
2. Rapid Supplier Connect - NEW
3. Supply Chains and the Coronavirus

Mitigating Exposure 

1. Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19. NEW 

2. Doctors: Here's what to do if you're exposed to COVID-19

3. Interim U.S. Guidance for Risk Assessment and Public Health Management of Healthcare Personnel with Potential Exposure in a Healthcare Setting to Patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
4. Criteria for Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 (Interim Guidance)
5.  ntubation Boxes for the Frontlines
6. Intubation box is an inexpensive temporary protection device
7. CDC Coronavirus on Surfaces 
8. Covid Aerosol Box 

    

    

Virus & Antibody Testing 

1. UW Screening/Testing Perioperative  - NEW
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