Risk assessment for rationalizing the use of personal protective equipment for SARS-CoV2 in healthcare settings with special focus on low- and middle-income settings

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Feb;27(2):169-171. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.10.015. Epub 2020 Oct 23.

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe. Electronic address: ioana-diana.olaru@lshtm.ac.uk.
² London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe.
³ Infection Control Association of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
⁴ Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Harare, Zimbabwe.
⁵ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe; Division of Infectious and Tropical Medicine, Medical Centre of the University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

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Keywords: COVID-19; IPC; PPE; Risk assessment; SARS-CoV2.

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