COVID-19: when you can refuse to treat a patient due to inadequate PPE
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COVID-19: when you can refuse to treat a patient due to inadequate PPE

Erin Dean Health writer
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Following confirmation of the first cases of COVID-19 in the UK in January 2020, concern has grown among nurses about shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as the quality of equipment available.

Nursing Management. 27, 3, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/nm.27.3.11.s9

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02 June 2020 / Vol 27 issue 3

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