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Personal protective equipment for COVID-19 patient care: a systematic review

Abstract:

The main objective was to describe the use and availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used by healthcare personnel for the care of patients with COVD-19 through a systematic review of the scientific literature. A systematic review of the literature on the Personal Protective Equipment used by healthcare personnel for the care of patients with COVID-19 was carried out. The search strategies used were PubMed, SciELO, Scopus, Web of Science, and LILAC with the following keywords: COVID-19, Personal Protective Equipment and healthcare personnel, publications in English, Spanish, original and updated reviews. Keywords and Boolean AND and OR connections were used. A total of 2541 studies were identified, 1170 were excluded because they were not directly related to the topic; 750 studies were excluded in the selection phase because they did not contribute to the topic, reading the title and abstract; 92 articles were selected for complete reading, 51 high impact studies were selected.