Variation in health care worker removal of personal protective equipment
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Variation in health care worker removal of personal protective equipment.
In the current era of emerging pathogens such as Ebola virus, removal of personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial to reduce contamination of health care workers. However, current removal practices are not well described. We undertook a systematic evaluation of health care worker removal of PPE for contact isolation to examine variation in removal procedures. Findings indicate that under u...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Infection Control
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0196-6553
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.005