Exploring the N95 and Surgical Mask Supply in U.S. Nursing Homes During COVID-19

COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: The Problematic Management of Residents Without Positive COVID-19 RT-PCR

Providing Safe and Effective Surgical Care During the COVID-19 Outbreak in the UK – Changing Strategies

Exhaled Air Dispersion during Coughing with and without Wearing a Surgical or N95 Mask

OBJECTIVES We compared the expelled air dispersion distances during coughing from a human patient simulator (HPS) lying at 45° with and without wearing a surgical mask or N95 mask in a negative pressure isolation room. METHODS Airflow was marked with intrapulmonary smoke. Coughing bouts were generated by short bursts of oxygen flow at 650, 320, and 220L/min to simulate normal, mild and poor c...

Exploring Dimensions and Quality of Teaching-Learning Interactions by Elementary Teachers during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Aim: the aim of the present study was to investigate the dimensions and quality of teaching-learning interactions by elementary teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: this was a qualitative study carried out using a phenomenological approach. The study population included all elementary school teachers in Abhar City (Iran). From this population, 12 individuals were selected as particip...

Nurse Robots: A Necessity in the Nursing Care System during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Dear Editor, The emergence of diseases due to drug resistance, genetic mutations, and transmission has made the future of infectious diseases complicated and vague. Currently, the prevalence of coronavirus, with high infectivity and significant lethality, has made infection control among nurses and patient one of the main goals of the World Health Organization [1]. At present, the prevention ...