Nurses find ways to improve communication in high-containment settings

The personal protective equipment clinicians require to limit their exposure to highly contagious pathogens creates communication challenges. Writing in the February American Journal of Nursing, six nurses describe how and their colleagues at the National Institutes of Health's Special Clinical Studies Unit developed, field-tested, refined and ultimately implemented policies and procedures that enabled clinicians to communicate effectively with other staff, patients and external partners in high-containment settings.