According to the World Health Organization (WHO), personal protective equipment \u201c\u2026consists of garments placed to protect the health care workers or any other persons to get infected\u201d[1]<\/p>\n
Medical PPE typically includes face protection, goggles and mask or face shield, gloves, gown or coverall, head cover, and rubber boots.<\/p>\n
Types of PPE<\/strong> Eye protection:<\/strong> This includes face shields as well as goggles. They can protect the mucous membranes of your eyes from bodily fluids. If the fluids make contact with the eyes, microbes within the fluid can enter the body through the mucous membranes.<\/p>\n Clothing:<\/strong> Includes gowns, aprons, head covering, and shoe covers. PPE is used in all healthcare settings: Protecting ourselves so that we can continue to help others, is a priority for health care providers around the world. This includes being conscious and up to date with infection prevention and control measures and the appropriate implementation of personal protective equipment (PPE), hand hygiene and waste management of potentially harmful materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5460,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[105,178],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5527","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-equipment-and-supplies","product_cat-produit-jetable","first","instock","shipping-taxable","product-type-external"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nGloves:<\/strong> Protects your hands from microbes and minimizes the possible spreading of microbes.
\nMasks:<\/strong> Cover your mouth and nasal area. Some masks have a see-through plastic piece, which also covers your eyes (shield). A special respiratory mask (respirator) forms a tight seal around your nose and mouth. It can be useful to minimize the inhalation of smaller microbes, such as tuberculosis bacteria.<\/p>\n
\nWhere We Should Use PPE<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Acute Care
\nLong Term Care
\nOutpatient Care
\nCommunity Care
\nPPE is needed where contact occurs with patients, residents, and clients (PRC). The PRCs environment certainly includes physiotherapy departments, clinics and a physiotherapy treatment room in a long term care facility.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"