The Innovation of Protective Barriers for Airway-related Procedures during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand
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Abstract
Airway-related procedures are considered a high-risk
procedure for droplet transmission to medical personnel,
especially during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Many
protective equipment aim to limit the spreading of
contamination have been emerged. We collect the data,
by interviewing the developers and review these locally
developed protective barriers by developers, authors and
experts.
Many innovations of the protective barriers have been
emerged during this period and can be categorized into 3
groups; simple boxes, simple tent, and box or tent with the
application of negative pressure onto them. Each model
has its own advantages and limitation. These protective
barriers may alleviate risk of the viral transmission during
the airway-related procedures, however, the operators
should still apply standard personal protective equipment
according to the risk and institutional recommendation. As
the intubation with these protective barriers can be
challenging, the operator should exercise the procedure
in a simulating environment before applying to the patients.
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