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Journal Article 
Evaluating the national PPE guidance for NHS healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic 
Thomas, JP; Srinivasan, A; Wickramarachchi, CS; Dhesi, PK; Hung, YatMA; Kamath, AV 
2020 
1 
Clinical Medicine
ISSN: 0412-7994 
20 
3 
242-247 
WOS:000534355400019 
Tragically, many of the infections and deaths recorded in the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have occurred in healthcare workers. Some have attributed this to inadequate provision of personal protective equipment (PPE). In the UK, several organisations have voiced their concerns that the national PPE guidance issued by Public Health England is inadequate. Despite recent revisions to these guidelines, concerns remain that they offer insufficient protection to frontline NHS healthcare workers. In this report, we evaluate whether these concerns are merited, through critical appraisal of the available evidence, review of international PPE guidance, and consideration of the ethical implications. 
COVID-19; personal protective equipment; pandemic; NHS; SARS-CoV-2