COVID-19 Personal Protection Management

Protection Level	Protective Equipment	Scope of Application
Level I protection	· Disposable surgical cap · Disposable surgical mask · Work uniform · Disposable latex gloves or/and disposable isolation clothing if necessary	· Pre-examination triage, general outpatient department Pre-examination triage, general outpatient department
Level II protection	· Disposable surgical cap · Medical protective mask (N95) · Work uniform · Disposable medical protective uniform · Disposable latex gloves · Goggles	· Fever outpatient department · Isolation ward area (including isolated intensive ICU) · Non-respiratory specimen examination of suspected/confirmed patients · Imaging examination of suspected/ confirmed patients · Cleaning of surgical instruments used with suspected/confirmed patients
Level III protection	· Disposable surgical cap · Medical protective mask (N95) · Work uniform · Disposable medical protective uniform · Disposable latex gloves · Full-face respiratory protective devices or powered air-purify ing respirator	· When the staff performs operations such as tracheal intubation, tracheotomy, broncho-fibro scope, gastroenterological endoscope, etc., during which, the suspected/confirmed patients may spray or splash respiratory secretions or body fluids/blood · When the staff performs surgery and an autopsy for confirmed/suspected patients · When the staff carries out NAT for COVID-19

Notes:

All staff at the healthcare facilities must wear medical surgical masks;
All staff working in the emergency department, an outpatient department of infectious diseases, outpatient department of respiratory care, department of stomatology or endoscopic examination
room (such as gastrointestinal endoscopy, bronchofibroscopy, laryngoscopy, etc.) must upgrade their surgical masks to medical protective masks (N95) based on Level I protection;
Staff must wear a protective face screen based on Level II protection while collecting respiratory specimens from suspected/confirmed patients.