We still can't hear: Staff Perceptions of Personal Protective Equipment Impact on Speech and Communication In the Operating Theatre During Paediatric Airway Surgery.

We still can't hear: Staff Perceptions of Personal Protective Equipment Impact on Speech and Communication In the Operating Theatre During Paediatric Airway Surgery.
Paediatr Anaesth. 2021 Jan 10;:
Authors: Hampton T, Sharma S, Dunham M, Okonkwo I
Abstract
We wish to highlight the continued impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) (filtering facemask and powered respirators) as a barrier to communication when used during aerosol generating procedures such as pediatric airway surgery in the operating theatre during the endemic phase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and present our multi-cadre staff survey to emphasize an ongoing potential patient safety issue inherent to current guidance.
PMID: 33423347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - January 10, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Hampton T, Sharma S, Dunham M, Okonkwo I Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research