A Method by Disposable Medical Hydrogel to Reduce Water Vapor in Goggles
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A Method by Disposable Medical Hydrogel to Reduce Water Vapor in Goggles Hong-lei Wu1 • Pei-pei Ji1 • Hai Gu2 • Jia-hai Shi1
Received: 26 July 2020 / Accepted: 29 July 2020 Ó Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2020
Abstract In this letter, we describe a method about disposable medical hydrogel recommended inside surgical masks to reduce the water vapor in the goggles. The introduction is as follows. Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266. Letter to the Editor Keywords Surgical mask Goggles Disposable medical hydrogel
Dear Sir Since the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), self-protection and social distancing are strongly recommended for the global public to limit the transmission of the disease [1, 2]. Articles reported that many countries are
facing similar concerns, particularly as covid-19 outbreaks deepen around the world [2–6]. Many experts believe that mask wearing is important to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 [7–12]. Medical surgical masks are simple and effective protective measures. In some special infection areas, it is necessary to wear goggles to prevent the splashing of body fluids, so as to achieve the purpose of self-protection. However, in the process of work, due to the hot air from the nasal cavity coming into the goggles along the top of the mask, the lens often forms water mist, which brings great inconvenience to patients in the implementation of treatment and nursing (as shown in Fig. 1). The operation of the medical staff completely depends on the small gap between the water droplets on the goggles, and even some medical staff cannot stick to their work because of the complete lack of vision [2]. To solve this problem, we plan to use disposable medical hydrogel paste on the inside of the metal strip above the mask, parallel to it (Fig. 2), to fill the gap between the face and the surgical masks, and to prevent the exhaled heat from flowing out of the mask. Its special hydrocolloid material can also effectively reduce the water vapor of lens and the risk of pressure injury, and the wearing experience is good (as shown in Fig. 3).
Hong-lei Wu and Pei-pei Ji contributed equally to this study. & Hong-lei Wu [email protected] 1
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Nursing Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nantong Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Cardiothoracic Diseases, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, No. 20, Xisi Road, Nantong City 226001, Jiangsu Province, China
Improvement Plan Structure Disposable surgical mask, goggles, disposable medical hydrogel eye paste.
Nantong Institute of Technology, No. 14, Yong Xing Road, Nantong City 226001, Jiangsu, China
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Aesth Plast Surg
Fig. 1 Original method of wearin
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