Applying the precautionary principle to personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic: did we learn the lessons of SARS?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, C222, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada. lauren.crosby@albertahealthservices.ca.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Lauren Crosby et al. Can J Anaesth. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;67(10):1327-1332.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-020-01760-y. Epub 2020 Jul 14.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, C222, 1403-29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9, Canada. lauren.crosby@albertahealthservices.ca.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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