2020•British Journal of Healthcare AssistantsRequires access

Protecting frontline workers and their patients from infection

Alan Glasper

Abstract

The primary role of personal protective equipment (PPE) within the healthcare environment is to either protect the patient from the healthcare worker or the healthcare worker from the patient. Both patients and carers can be vectors of infectious disease. Hospitals and other healthcare institutions need to protect frontline workers such as healthcare assistants and their patients from infections such as COVID-19.

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Key concepts: Healthcare worker, Personal protective equipment, Health care, Medicine, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Medical emergency, Infection control, Infectious disease (medical specialty)