Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Specific Infectious Risk/COVID-19/Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria,etc

• Masking strategy to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19: An umbrella meta-analysis (Feb 16, 2023)
• Access to personal protective equipment in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom: results from a nationwide cohort study (UK-REACH) (July 5, 2022)
• Rapid review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (Dec, 2022)
• Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff. (May 15, 2020)
• Gloves, gowns and masks for reducing the transmission of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the hospital setting. (July 16, 2015)

Practices / Guidelines

• Determinants of nurse’s and personal support worker’s adherence to facial protective equipment in a community setting during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario,Canada: A pilot study (July 30, 2022)
• Stewardship of personal protective equipment (PPE): An important pandemic resource for PPE preservation and education. (June 24, 2020)
• Frequent and unexpected deviations from personal protective equipment guidelines increase contamination risks. (September 2019)
• Risk of self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment. (December 2018)
• Putting On and Removing Personal Protective Equipment. (March 19, 2015)

Design

• Can Nanotechnology and Materials Science Help the Fight against SARS-CoV-2?. (April, 2020)
• Examining health care personal protective equipment use through a human factors engineering and product design lens. (May 2019)
• Banned Devices; Powdered Surgeon's Gloves, Powdered Patient Examination Gloves, and Absorbable Powder for Lubricating a Surgeon's Glove. (December 19, 2016)
• A Review of Isolation Gowns in Healthcare: Fabric and Gown Properties. (2015)

Review on Technology

• 3D printing of face shields to meet the immediate need for PPE in an anesthesiology department during the COVID-19 pandemic. (March 2021)
• Application of fluorescence method in the process of personal protective equipment removal. (July 2020)
• Using Computer Vision and Depth Sensing to Measure Healthcare Worker-Patient Contacts and Personal Protective Equipment Adherence Within Hospital Rooms. (December 28, 2015)