Risk of self-contamination during doffing of personal protective equipment

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 1329-1334

  Chughtai, Abrar Ahmad ^a   Chen, Xin ^a   Macintyre, Chandini Raina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Healthcare workers; Infection; Personal protective equipment; Self contamination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; DYSPNEA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUFFOCATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EDUCATION; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAINING SUPPORT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 85049918976     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.06.003     Document Type: Article

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