Published on in Vol 22, No 6 (2020): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/19947, first published .
Human Factor Considerations in Using Personal Protective Equipment in the COVID-19 Pandemic Context: Binational Survey Study

Human Factor Considerations in Using Personal Protective Equipment in the COVID-19 Pandemic Context: Binational Survey Study

Human Factor Considerations in Using Personal Protective Equipment in the COVID-19 Pandemic Context: Binational Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Avi Parush1 Author Orcid Image ;   Oren Wacht2 Author Orcid Image ;   Ricardo Gomes3 Author Orcid Image ;   Amit Frenkel4 Author Orcid Image

Journals

  1. Wang P, Ko N, Chang Y, Wu C, Lu W, Yen C. Subjective Deterioration of Physical and Psychological Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan: Their Association with the Adoption of Protective Behaviors and Mental Health Problems. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020;17(18):6827 View
  2. Pelayo S, Marcilly R, Bellandi T. Human factors engineering for medical devices: European regulation and current issues. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2021;33(Supplement_1):31 View
  3. Agarwal A, Agarwal S, Motiani P. Difficulties Encountered While Using PPE Kits and How to Overcome Them: An Indian Perspective. Cureus 2020 View
  4. Van Zundert T, Van Overloop J, Tran D, Van Zundert A. Operating 12-Hour Staff Shifts on COVID-19 Patients: A Harmful and Unwanted Proposal. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2020;131(6):e257 View
  5. Fothergill R, Smith A, Wrigley F, Perkins G. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in London during the COVID-19 pandemic. Resuscitation Plus 2021;5:100066 View
  6. Adly A, Adly M, Adly A. Telemanagement of Home-Isolated COVID-19 Patients Using Oxygen Therapy With Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation and Physical Therapy Techniques: Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021;23(4):e23446 View
  7. Chen F, Zang Y, Liu Y, Wang X, Lin X. Dispatched nurses’ experience of wearing full gear personal protective equipment to care for COVID‐19 patients in China—A descriptive qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2021;30(13-14):2001 View
  8. Hayirli T, Stark N, Bhanja A, Hardy J, Peabody C, Kerrissey M. Masked and distanced: a qualitative study of how personal protective equipment and distancing affect teamwork in emergency care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2021;33(2) View
  9. Stuby L, Currat L, Gartner B, Mayoraz M, Harbarth S, Suppan L, Suppan M. Impact of Face-to-Face Teaching in Addition to Electronic Learning on Personal Protective Equipment Doffing Proficiency in Student Paramedics: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2021;10(4):e26927 View
  10. Ferrari G, Dobrina R, Buchini S, Rudan I, Schreiber S, Bicego L. The impact of personal protective equipment and social distancing on communication and relation between nurses, caregivers and children: a descriptive qualitative study in a maternal and child health hospital. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2021 View
  11. Padula W, Cuddigan J, Ruotsi L, Black J, Brienza D, Capasso V, Cox J, Delmore B, Holden‐Mount S, Munoz N, Nie A, Pittman J, Sonenblum S, Tescher A. Best‐practices for preventing skin injury beneath personal protective equipment during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A position paper from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2023;32(3-4):625 View
  12. Alshabanah L, Hagar M, Al-Mutabagani L, Abozaid G, Abdallah S, Ahmed H, Hassanin A, Shehata N. Biodegradable Nanofibrous Membranes for Medical and Personal Protection Applications: Manufacturing, Anti-COVID-19 and Anti-Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Evaluation. Materials 2021;14(14):3862 View
  13. Barreras-Espinoza J, Leyva-Moraga F, Leyva-Moraga E, Leyva-Moraga F, Soualhi A, Juanz-González A, Urquijo M, Burgos-Claudio M, Ocejo-Gallegos J, Ibarra-Celaya J, Sloper W, Castillo-Ortega G. Communication in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2021;38(10):1009 View
  14. Jahangiri H, Zamanian Z, Daneshmandi H, Seif M, Jamshidi H. Investigating the short-term effects of using full-body hospital personal protective equipment and changes in physical workload intensity on human physiological and cognitive performance. Ergonomics 2023;66(9):1295 View
  15. Procter C, Milton E. Reflections on delivering group-based mindfulness sessions to young people within a Secure Children’s Home. Clinical Psychology Forum 2021;1(347):62 View
  16. Ritter E, Miller C, Morse J, Onuorah P, Zeaton A, Zanation A, Ebert C, Thorp B, Senior B, Kimple A. Impact of Masks on Speech Recognition in Adult Patients with and without Hearing Loss. ORL 2022;84(4):302 View
  17. Venkateswaran V, Parida R, Khanna P, Bhoi D, Singh A, Mathur P, Sahoo D, Dass C, Gupta A, Aravindan A, Trikha A. Maternal and neonatal characteristics, operative details and outcomes in COVID-19 positive parturients undergoing cesarean sections: A retrospective observational study. Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology 2022;38(Suppl 1):S52 View
  18. Oosthuizen I, Saunders G, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel D. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Virus (COVID-19) Preventative Measures on Communication: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Public Health 2022;10 View
  19. Raveh Y, Livingstone J, Vianna R, Nicolau-Raducu R. Personal Protective Equipment for Liver Transplant in SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase Chain Reaction-Positive Convalescing Recipients. Transplantation Proceedings 2022;54(6):1528 View
  20. Arnetz J, Arble E, Sudan S, Arnetz B. Workplace Cognitive Failure among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021;18(19):10394 View
  21. Manookian A, Dehghan Nayeri N, Shahmari M. Physical problems of prolonged use of personal protective equipment during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A scoping review. Nursing Forum 2022;57(5):874 View
  22. Bitan Y, Lilach-Gueta S, Parush A. Unmasking expert decisions: Clinicians decision making during a pandemic outbreak. International Journal of Healthcare Management 2023;16(2):268 View
  23. Trikha A, Venkateswaran V, Soni K. “There is No Easy Way to Say This…”: Communication Challenges in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2022;27(1):80 View
  24. Digby R, Hopper I, Hughes L, McCaskie D, Tuck M, Fallon K, Hunter P, Bucknall T. Exploring staff perspectives on caring for isolated hospitalised patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research 2023;23(1) View
  25. Pariseault C, Copel L, McKay M. Original Research: Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Patients and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Communication Challenges. AJN, American Journal of Nursing 2022;122(1):22 View
  26. Kienbacher C, Grafeneder J, Tscherny K, Krammel M, Fuhrmann V, Niederer M, Neudorfsky S, Herbich K, Schreiber W, Herkner H, Roth D. The use of personal protection equipment does not negatively affect paramedics’ attention and dexterity: a prospective triple-cross over randomized controlled non-inferiority trial. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2022;30(1) View
  27. Kydd A. Menopause and personal protective equipment: How does this meet acceptable working conditions?. Case Reports in Women's Health 2021;32:e00356 View
  28. Cortese G, Sorbello M, Di Giacinto I, Cedrone M, Urdaneta F, Brazzi L. Human Factors and Airway Management in COVID-19 Patients: The Perfect Storm?. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2022;11(15):4271 View
  29. Figi C, Herstein J, Beam E, Le A, Hewlett A, Lawler J, Lowe J, Gibbs S. Literature review of physiological strain of personal protective equipment on personnel in the high-consequence infectious disease isolation environment. American Journal of Infection Control 2023;51(12):1384 View
  30. Fekete-Győr A, Kovács E, Kiss B, Zima E. A SARS-CoV-2-járvány hatása a kórházon kívüli és belüli szívmegállásra. Orvosi Hetilap 2021;162(46):1831 View
  31. Gutiérrez‐Puertas L, Márquez‐Hernández V, Ortíz‐Rodríguez B, Aguilera‐Manrique G, Gutiérrez‐Puertas V. Effective communication between nursing professionals and patients after the implementation of mask‐wearing requirements in the clinical setting: A cross‐sectional study. Nursing & Health Sciences 2023;25(4):676 View
  32. Ungar R, Gur-Arie R, Heriot G, Jamrozik E. Burdens of infection control on healthcare workers: a scoping review. Journal of Hospital Infection 2024;146:76 View
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  34. McKay M, Copel L, Pariseault C. Nurses’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: A secondary data analysis examining interdisciplinary and peer communication. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice 2024;36:100709 View
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Books/Policy Documents

  1. Singh R, Malik A. Mental Health and Wellness in Healthcare Workers. View
  2. Trikha A, Venkateswaran V. Delineating Health and Health System: Mechanistic Insights into Covid 19 Complications. View