key: cord-0944502-y5slotqv
authors: Olaru, Ioana D.; Ferrand, Rashida A.; Magwenzi, Marcelyn T.; Robertson, Valerie; Musenyereki, Vimbainashe; Kranzer, Katharina
title: Risk assessment for rationalising the use of personal protective equipment for SARS-CoV2 in healthcare settings with special focus on low- and middle-income settings
date: 2020-10-23
journal: Clin Microbiol Infect
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.015
sha: 3d9597c004db303d0371f50d12305b930c836919
doc_id: 944502
cord_uid: y5slotqv

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant burden on health systems across the globe by overwhelming the capacity for healthcare provision in 26 high-and low-middle-income countries (LMIC) alike. [1] Healthcare institutions and 27 regulators had to rapidly adapt or develop policies for patient care and issue specific infection 28 prevention and control (IPC) guidance to mitigate and prevent SARS-CoV2 transmission 29 within healthcare settings. This was due to the high number of cases and the potential for 

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