Contamination of health care personnel during removal of personal protective equipment

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1904-1910

  Tomas, Myreen E ^a   Kundrapu, Sirisha ^a   Thota, Priyaleela ^a   Sunkesula, Venkata C K ^a   Cadnum, Jennifer L ^a   Mana, Thriveen Sankar Chittoor ^a   Jencson, Annette ^a   O'Donnell, Marguerite ^a   Zabarsky, Trina F ^a   Hecker, Michelle T ^b,c   Ray, Amy J ^c   Wilson, Brigid M ^a   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MS2; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SKIN CONTAMINATION; SURGICAL GOWN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OHIO; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OHIO; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84961684607     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4535     Document Type: Article

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