Daryl L Williams

The psychological impact on perioperative healthcare workers during Victoria's second COVID-19 wave: A prospective longitudinal thematic analysis

Michelle Ku, Irene Ng, Elizabeth Barson, Caroline Fisher, Reny Segal, Daryl Lindsay Williams, Roni Benjamin Krieser, Paul Mario Mezzavia, Keat Lee, Yinwei Chen, Teresa Sindoni, Toni Withiel

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound psychological impact on our frontline healthcare workers. Throughout the entire second CO..

Human-machine collaboration using artificial intelligence to enhance the safety of donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE)

Reny Segal, William Pierre Bradley, Daryl Lindsay Williams, Keat Lee, Roni Benjamin Krieser, Paul Mario Mezzavia, Rommie Correa de Araujo Nunes, Irene Ng

Journal article  |  2022  |  INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

OBJECTIVES: To compare the accuracy of monitoring personal protective equipment (PPE) donning and doffing process between an artif..

Discussion paper Respiratory protection preparedness in critical care healthcare workers: An observational audit of facial hair at a major tertiary hospital in Australia

Daryl L Williams, Fiona Begg, Charles Bodas, Irene Ng

Journal article  |  2022  |  INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Facial hair under a tight fitting P2/N95 respirator diminishes respiratory protection. There is limited guidance with ..

N95 respirators: quantitative fit test pass rates and usability and comfort assessment by health care workers

Irene Ng, Benjamin Kave, Fiona Begg, Charles R Bodas, Reny Segal, Daryl Williams

Journal article  |  2022  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

OBJECTIVES: To compare the performance of four N95 respirator types with respect to quantitative fit test pass rate and health car..

Quantitative fit-test concordance of a pair of similar-fit 3M Aura respirator models, 3M 9320A and 3M 1870 : A randomized crossover study

Daryl Lindsay Williams, Benjamin Kave, Fiona Begg, Charles Bodas, Irene Ng

Journal article  |  2022  |  INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: Some manufacturers provide information on similar-fit model pairings of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs), suggest..

HALO CleanSpace PAPR evaluation: Communication, respiratory protection, and usability

Irene Ng, Keat Lee, Benjamin Kave, Michael Kluger, Camille Paynter, Reny Segal, Roni Benjamin Krieser, Paul Mario Mezzavia, Shan Hung, Yinwei Chen, Teresa Sindoni, Daryl Lindsay Williams

Journal article  |  2022  |  INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a relatively new half-face-piece powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) device called the HALO (CleanSpace..

Randomized crossover study comparing quantitative fit tests between Trident (TM) and 3M (TM) Aura (TM) N95/P2 respirators

DL Williams, B Kave, F Begg, C Bodas, I Ng

Journal article  |  2022  |  INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Various styles of N95/P2 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) have been used by Australian healthcare workers (HCWs)..

A longitudinal study of the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline perioperative healthcare staff in an Australian tertiary public hospital

Irene Ng, Elizabeth Barson, Caroline Fisher, Reny Segal, Daryl L Williams, Roni B Krieser, Paul M Mezzavia, Keat Lee, Yinwei Chen, Teresa Sindoni, Jessica Xu, Karen Lamb, Toni Withiel

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALASIAN PSYCHIATRY

OBJECTIVE: This longitudinal study examined changes in psychological outcomes of perioperative frontline healthcare workers at one..

Impacts on staff after implementation of a respiratory protection program in a Victorian public hospital

D Williams, B Kave, F Begg, C Marshall, R Segal, I Ng

Journal article  |  2021  |  INFECTION DISEASE & HEALTH

BACKGROUND: In October 2020, the Royal Melbourne Hospital implemented a Respiratory Protection Program (RPP), which was initiated ..

The Psychological Experience of Frontline Perioperative Health Care Staff in Responding to COVID-19: Qualitative Study.

Toni Withiel, Elizabeth Barson, Irene Ng, Reny Segal, Daryl Lindsay Goulding Williams, Roni Benjamin Krieser, Keat Lee, Paul Mario Mezzavia, Teresa Sindoni, Yinwei Chen, Caroline Anne Fisher

Journal article  |  2021  |  JMIR Perioper Med

BACKGROUND: The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has presented immeasurable challenges to health care workers who ..