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Perspectives on personal protective equipment in acute care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Josh Ng-Kamstra, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten Fiest, John Conly and Jeanna Parsons Leigh
CMAJ July 13, 2020 192 (28) E805-E809; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.200575
Josh Ng-Kamstra
Department of Critical Care Medicine (Ng-Kamstra, Stelfox, Fiest), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services; Departments of Community Health Sciences and O’Brien Institute for Public Health (Stelfox, Fiest), Psychiatry and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Fiest), Medicine (Conly), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Conly) and Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, and Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases (Conly), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Faculty of Health ( Parsons Leigh), School of Health Administration, and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Parsons Leigh), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDCM MPHHenry T. Stelfox
Department of Critical Care Medicine (Ng-Kamstra, Stelfox, Fiest), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services; Departments of Community Health Sciences and O’Brien Institute for Public Health (Stelfox, Fiest), Psychiatry and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Fiest), Medicine (Conly), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Conly) and Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, and Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases (Conly), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Faculty of Health ( Parsons Leigh), School of Health Administration, and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Parsons Leigh), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MD PhDKirsten Fiest
Department of Critical Care Medicine (Ng-Kamstra, Stelfox, Fiest), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services; Departments of Community Health Sciences and O’Brien Institute for Public Health (Stelfox, Fiest), Psychiatry and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Fiest), Medicine (Conly), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Conly) and Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, and Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases (Conly), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Faculty of Health ( Parsons Leigh), School of Health Administration, and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Parsons Leigh), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
PhDJohn Conly
Department of Critical Care Medicine (Ng-Kamstra, Stelfox, Fiest), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services; Departments of Community Health Sciences and O’Brien Institute for Public Health (Stelfox, Fiest), Psychiatry and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Fiest), Medicine (Conly), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Conly) and Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, and Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases (Conly), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Faculty of Health ( Parsons Leigh), School of Health Administration, and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Parsons Leigh), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
MDJeanna Parsons Leigh
Department of Critical Care Medicine (Ng-Kamstra, Stelfox, Fiest), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services; Departments of Community Health Sciences and O’Brien Institute for Public Health (Stelfox, Fiest), Psychiatry and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (Fiest), Medicine (Conly), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Conly) and Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, and Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases (Conly), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Faculty of Health ( Parsons Leigh), School of Health Administration, and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (Parsons Leigh), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
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Josh Ng-Kamstra, Henry T. Stelfox, Kirsten Fiest, John Conly, Jeanna Parsons Leigh
CMAJ Jul 2020, 192 (28) E805-E809; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200575
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