What do we know about Torso Protectors and Foot Wears – A Review for COVID-19 Pandemic and Possible Future Epidemics-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

What do we know about Torso Protectors and Foot Wears – A Review for COVID-19 Pandemic and Possible Future Epidemics

Published:2021-08-11 Issue:2 Volume:3 Page:15-21
ISSN:2692-1537
Container-title:International Journal of Coronaviruses
language:en
Short-container-title:IJCV

Author:

Valikhanlou Nayyereh¹,Meshkini Mohammad²,Meshkini Fatemeh³,Jalilvand Hadi⁴

Affiliation:

1. Freelancer Biotechnology Researcher, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3. Department of Neurological-Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

4. Tabriz International Safe Community Support Center (Road Traffic Injury Research Center), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

Personal Protective types of Equipment (PPE) are needed for everybody who would be in danger of threatening state; the COVID-19 pandemic raised the need and global demand for PPE, one of the most used and required equipment are gowns, coveralls, and torso protectors; which their shortage of supply raised the cost globally too. This review article gathered the guidelines and recommendations from manufacturers, international organizations, and self-experiments of authors for these utilities. And, provides recommendations on the level of protection needed for each condition.

Publisher

Open Access Pub

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