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distancing for the public and the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) for both the public and HCW were enforced. Various recommendations for the use of PPE, based on poor evidence, appeared in the literature for general and orthopaedic surgeons ( 5
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‘use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in emergency and acute admission areas may be indicated regardless of case status of patients, subject to a risk assessment’. 58 This is an additional burden on staff working in the ED. Having a senior
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. Worse, in the past years, many countries had gotten rid of their stocks of PPE and alcohol because of misguided managerial, economic and political wisdom. The consequence for our orthopaedic academic activities was the cancelling of all our congresses
