Making the invisible visible: Why does design matter for safe doffing of personal protection equipment?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2018, Pages 1375-1377

  Zimring, Craig M ^a   Matić, Zorana ^a   Wong Sala, Maria Fernanda ^a   Mumma, Joel M ^a   Kraft, Colleen S ^b   Casanova, Lisa M ^c   Erukunuakpor, Kimberly ^c   Durso, Francis T ^a   Walsh, Victoria L ^b   Shah, Puja ^b   Jacob, Jesse T ^b   Dubose, Jennifer R ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FURNITURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 85054898457     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2018.206     Document Type: Note

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