Personal protective equipment and Covid 19- a risk to healthcare staff?

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.04.015

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. 2020 Jun;58(5):500-502.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.04.015. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

Personal protective equipment and Covid 19- a risk to healthcare staff?

J B T Herron¹, A G C Hay-David², A D Gilliam³, P A Brennan⁴

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¹ Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing Sunderland University, Chester Road, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, UK. Electronic address: Jonathan.herron@nhs.net.
² Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing Sunderland University, Chester Road, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, UK.
⁴ Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, UK.

PMID: 32307130
PMCID: PMC7152922
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.04.015

Editorial

Personal protective equipment and Covid 19- a risk to healthcare staff?

J B T Herron et al. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;58(5):500-502.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.04.015. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

Authors

J B T Herron¹, A G C Hay-David², A D Gilliam³, P A Brennan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing Sunderland University, Chester Road, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, UK. Electronic address: Jonathan.herron@nhs.net.
² Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK.
³ Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing Sunderland University, Chester Road, Sunderland, SR1 3SD, UK.
⁴ Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, UK.

PMID: 32307130
PMCID: PMC7152922
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.04.015

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Droplet nuclei aerosol and Covid 19 - a risk to healthcare staff.
Rao Us V, Arakeri G, Subash A, Thakur S. Rao Us V, et al. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020 Sep;58(7):870-871. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2020.04.036. Epub 2020 May 3. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2020. PMID: 32553509 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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[1] Andersen K.G., Rambaut A., Lipkin W.I. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nat Med. 2020;26:450–452. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Andersen K.G., Rambaut A., Lipkin W.I. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nat Med. 2020;26:450–452. - PMC - PubMed

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