Assessment of Healthcare Worker Protocol Deviations and Self-Contamination during Personal Protective Equipment Donning and Doffing

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1077-1083

  Kwon, Jennie H ^a   Burnham, Carey Ann D ^a   Reske, Kimberly A ^a   Liang, Stephen Y ^a   Hink, Tiffany ^a   Wallace, Meghan A ^a   Shupe, Angela ^a   Seiler, Sondra ^a   Cass, Candice ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a   Dubberke, Erik R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MS2; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NURSE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIDEORECORDING; GAS MASK; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEVIVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEVIVIRUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 85020749785     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.121     Document Type: Article

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