COVID changes to Post Anaesthesia Care Unit nursing practices
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چکیده
The pandemic year of 2020 brought unparalleled and swift changes to health care processes within Australia. All registered nurses in the Post Anaesthesia Care Unit (PACU) a regional tertiary referral hospital had make routine personal protective equipment (PPE) practice accommodate safer environment for both staff patients. Changes PPE practices included addition heat moisture exchange (HME) filters laryngeal mask airways (LMAs), use Level 3 surgical masks during aerosolising procedures such as extubation nebulisation. were also made structured handover from anaesthetic nurse PACU increase compliance with practice.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of perioperative nursing
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2209-1084', '2209-1092']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26550/2209-1092.1113