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cord-305419-l68ewxar	Smart, Hiske	Preventing Facial Pressure Injury for Health Care Providers Adhering to COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Requirements	2020-06-11		.txt	text/plain	5252	284	59	CONCLUSIONS: This creative and novel stepwise process of developing a safe skin protection method by which staff could apply a repurposed silicone border dressing beneath an N95 mask was largely effective and aided by the creation of the enabler. Accordingly, the Nursing Quality Committee advised the Pressure Injury Prevention Committee to follow this approach in developing and testing a skin care bundle specifically applicable to the work environment of KHUH for those HCPs providing acute COVID-19 care. One staff member with Fitzpatrick type 2 skin was willing to test the mask without facial protection for 2 hours on a different day, before the leak tests were conducted. This article describes a holistic approach to facial skin injury prevention for HCPs to "HELP" staff to embrace a Longer periods of PPE use (with each participant serving as their own control) produced a distinct difference between mask wear with and without protection, including improved facial condition and comfort without compromising mask seal.	./cache/cord-305419-l68ewxar.txt	./txt/cord-305419-l68ewxar.txt