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New treatment can reduce the risk of facial pressure injuries from PPE in COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers

A study has found that a new ‘care bundle’ can reduce the incidence of facial pressure injuries in frontline COVID-19 healthcare workers caused by the prolonged wearing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

By Chantal Thurlby-Alexander March 23, 2021 Updated February 3, 2022 2 min read

Pictured is Natalie McEvoy, Clinical Research Nurse in Anaesthesia and Critical Care at RCSI, showing the facial injuries she experienced after wearing PPE for a prolonged period. A study from RCSI has found that a new ‘care bundle’ can reduce the incidence of facial pressure injuries in frontline COVID-19 healthcare workers caused by the prolonged wearing of Personal Protective Equipment.

The study, led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Skin Wounds and Trauma (SWaT) Research Centre, is published in the current edition of the Journal of Wound Care.