The purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence, characteristics, and preventive status of skin injuries caused by personal protective equipment (PPE) in medical staff. A cross-sectional review was led online for understanding skin wounds among clinical staff battling COVID-19 on February 8–22, 2020. Members willfully replied and presented the survey with a phone. The poll things included segment information, evaluation of PPE and every day wearing time, skin injury types, anatomical locales, and preventive measures. An aggregate of 4,308 respondents were gathered from 161 emergency clinics and 4,306 respondents were substantial. The general commonness of skin wounds was 42.8% (95% certainty span [CI] 41.30–44.30) with three kinds of gadget related weight wounds, soggy related skin harm, and skin tear. Co-skin wounds and different area wounds were 27.4% and 76.8%, individually. The calculated relapse examination demonstrated that perspiring (95% CI for chances proportion [OR] 87.52–163.11), day by day wearing time (95% CI for OR 1.61–3.21), male (95% CI for OR 1.11–2.13), and grade 3 PPE (95% CI for OR 1.08–2.01) were related with skin wounds. Just 17.7% of respondents took counteraction and 45.0% of skin wounds were dealt with.
Reference link- https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/wound.2020.1212
