How to make an alternative plastic gown during the personal protective equipment shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Endoscopy. 2020 Oct;52(10):E388-E389. doi: 10.1055/a-1197-5949. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

Authors

Tsutomu Nishida¹, Norihiro Suzuki², Yuji Ono², Junzo Shimizu^{2

3}, Dai Nakamatsu¹, Kengo Matsumoto¹, Masashi Yamamoto¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Toyonaka, Japan.
² Infection Control Office, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Toyonaka, Japan.
³ Department of Surgery, Toyonaka Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Toyonaka, Japan.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission
Equipment Design
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Personal Protective Equipment*
Plastics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission
Protective Clothing*
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Plastics