Electronic personal protective equipment: A strategy to protect emergency department providers in the age of COVID-19
Electronic personal protective equipment: A strategy to protect emergency department providers in the age of COVID-19
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DOI：
10.1093/jamia/ocaa048
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Ward, Michael J.
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作者：
Turer, Robert W.;Jones, Ian;Ward, Michael J.
2019 年新型冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行期间与远程医疗以及《紧急医疗和劳动法》相关的紧急政策变化为基于技术的临床评估创造了机会，这有助于节省个人防护装备 (PPE) 并保护急救人员。我们将电子个人防护装备定义为一种使用远程医疗工具进行电子医疗筛查检查，同时满足《紧急医疗和劳动法》的方法。我们讨论实施这种途径所需的安全、法律和技术因素。这种方法有可能节省个人防护装备并保护提供者，同时维持急诊科疑似感染 COVID-19 的低风险患者的医疗筛查检查的安全标准。
Emergent policy changes related to telemedicine and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act during the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have created opportunities for technology-based clinical evaluation, which serves to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE) and protect emergency providers. We define electronic PPE as an approach using telemedicine tools to perform electronic medical screening exams while satisfying the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. We discuss the safety, legal, and technical factors necessary for implementing such a pathway. This approach has the potential to conserve PPE and protect providers while maintaining safe standards for medical screening exams in the emergency department for low-risk patients in whom COVID-19 is suspected.