Author: Koh, Calvin J; Khoo, Deborah
Title: The Muffling of Healthcare: Assessing the Impact of Personal Protective Equipment on Speaking Volume in an Endoscopy Centre. Cord-id: 16584uba Document date: 2020_6_22
ID: 16584uba
Snippet: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial in the COVID-19 epidemic[1] but muffle speech, with potential for medical error. While wearing Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) adds 76 Db of background noise to the user[2], objectively quantifying this effect remains a knowledge gap with implications on human factors[3] and safety.
Document: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial in the COVID-19 epidemic[1] but muffle speech, with potential for medical error. While wearing Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) adds 76 Db of background noise to the user[2], objectively quantifying this effect remains a knowledge gap with implications on human factors[3] and safety.
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