Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique
Helmet Modification to PPE With 3D Printing During the COVID-19 Pandemic at Duke University Medical Center: A Novel Technique
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DOI：
10.1016/j.arth.2020.04.035
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Fearis, Paul
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作者：
Erickson, Melissa M.;Richardson, Eric S.;Fearis, Paul
COVID-19期间的患者护理带来了挑战，需要对工作人员进行保护，建议卫生保健工作者在使用面罩执行产生气溶胶的程序时至少佩戴N95口罩或同等设备。美国面临个人防护装备（PPE）短缺的问题，使用镜片和大灯的外科医生很难将其与面罩结合使用。大多数关节成形术医生使用手术头盔系统，但在当前的大流行中，许多医院推迟了选择性关节成形术手术，头盔系统被闲置。因此，作者已经开始改造这些关节成形术头盔作为PPE。本文的目的是概述这些关节置换术头盔被重新用作PPE的概念、设计、佩戴技术和安全测试。(C) 2020爱思唯尔公司版权所有。
Care for patients during COVID-19 poses challenges that require the protection of staff with recommendations that health care workers wear at minimum, an N95 mask or equivalent while performing an aerosol-generating procedure with a face shield. The United States faces shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), and surgeons who use loupes and headlights have difficulty using these in conjunction with face shields. Most arthroplasty surgeons use surgical helmet systems, but in the current pandemic, many hospitals have delayed elective arthroplasty surgeries and the helmet systems are going unused. As a result, the authors have begun retrofitting these arthroplasty helmets to serve as PPE. The purpose of this article is to outline the conception, design, donning technique, and safety testing of these arthroplasty helmets being repurposed as PPE. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.